For he that has, to him shall be given: and he that has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has.
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Bede
AD 735
That is, if any man have a sense for understanding the word of God, let him not withdraw himself, let him not turn his ear to fables, but let him lend his ear to search those things which truthhath spoken, his hands for fulfilling them, his tongue for preaching them. There follows, “And He said unto them, Take heed what ye hear.”.
Or else, If ye diligently endeavor to do all the good which ye can, and to teach it to your neighbours, the mercy of God will come in, to give you both in the present life a sense to take in higher things, and a will to do better things, and will add for the future an everlasting reward. And therefore it is subjoined, “And to you shall more be given.”.
For sometimes a clever reader by neglecting his mind, deprives himself of wisdom, of which he tastes the sweetness, who, though slow in intellect, works more diligently.
