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Matthew 20:25

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

What then does Christ say? “He called them to him, and said, ‘The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them.’ ” He drew them near to him at the very moment when they were disturbed and troubled, and he calms them by his invitation to come near. Picture the two as standing near him. They had already separated themselves from the company of the ten, pleading their own interests. Therefore Jesus brings all of them near him. By this very unifying act he calms the passions of the two and the ten. He exposes and reveals their plea in the presence of all. The Gospel of Matthew, Homily

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