Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Veux-tu poursuivre du regard ce qui va disparaître? Car la richesse se fait des ailes, Et comme l'aigle, elle prend son vol vers les cieux.
KJV
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Origen
Commentariorum Series In Evangelium Matthaei (Mt. 22.34-27.63)
qui iuxta Esaiam plumescunt et adsumunt alas, ut ad Christi veniant passionem — 15 Jes. 40, 31 — 20 Prov. 23, 5 1 separare x separari R 6 sum < B 10 Iesu Kl, vgl. Π, Christi Pasch eius x 11 ceciderant B Pasch 29 et<B CoiLsiderantes maiores propositiones incurrere quam est sensus…
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