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St. Jerome (347–420) has been considered the pre-eminent scriptural commentator among the Latin Church Fathers. His Commentary on Matthew, written in 398 and profoundly influential in the West, appears here for the first time in English translation. Jerome covers the entire text of Matthew’s gospel by means of brief explanatory comments that clarify the text literally and historically. Although...

and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his household.” This passage is written in the prophet Micah in nearly the same words.404 One should also note that whenever a testimony is recorded from the Old Testament,405 it agrees, whether only the meaning, or also the words. 10:37. “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,” etc. He had previously said: “I have not come to send peace but a sword,”406
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