by these catchwords. But this device has become literary and its use cannot serve as evidence that the statements in question were already juxtaposed in the oral tradition. For example, the sayings of Jesus could have been fitted together in this way either by the pre-Gospel tradition or by the Gospel writers. One must reckon with the possibility that the author of a paraenesis may have slightly changed a traditional saying in order to adapt it for such a connection. The frequent use of this favorite