Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Nothing so befits a teacher as humility and non-possessiveness. He indicates these two virtues here by saying, "freely ye have received." Do not think highly of yourselves that you have such good things to give, for you have received them as a gift and by grace. But as you are humble-minded, so also do not be lovers of money. For He says, "freely give." And finally He eradicates the root of all evils, saying:
