πάσης πλεονεξίας. “Every form of covetousness”: comp. πάντα πειρασμόν, “every kind of temptation” (4:13); πᾶσα ἁμαρτία καὶ βλασφημία (Mt. 12:31). On πλεονεξία “the greedy desire to have more,” as a more comprehensive vice than φιλαργυρία, see Lft. Epp. p. 56 and on Col. 3:5. He quotes φυλάξασθε οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τῆς φιλαργυρίας (Test. 12. Patr. Jud. 18.), and somewhat differs from Trench, Syn. xxiv. Jesus, knowing what is at the root of the brother’s unreasonable request,