Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 10.6
Summary: Like Martha, busy with many things, the man could not attend to the one necessary thing, which Mary chose.
Greek text · Stählin 3:166
καὶ περὶ πολλὰ μὲν οἷός τε ἦν ἀσχολεῖσθαι, τὸ δὲ ἕν, τὸ τῆς ζωῆς ἔργον, ἀδύνατος καὶ ἀπρόθυμος καὶ ἀσθενὴς ἐκτελεῖν· ὁποῖόν τι καὶ πρὸς τὴν Μάρθαν εἶπεν ὁ σωτὴρ ἀσχολουμένην περὶ πολλὰ καὶ περιελκομένην καὶ ταρασσομένην διακονικῶς, τὴν δὲ ἀδελφὴν αἰτιωμένην, ὅτι τὸ ὑπηρετεῖν ἀπολιποῦσα τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ παρακάθηται μαθητικὴν ἄγουσα σχολήν· »σὺ περὶ πολλὰ ταράσσῃ· Μαρία δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο, καὶ οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.«
English · Claude translation
He was able to busy himself with many things, but the one thing, the work of life, he was powerless, unwilling, and too weak to accomplish. It was something like what the Savior said to Martha, who was busy with many things, distracted and troubled with serving, and who blamed her sister because she had left the serving and sat at his feet, spending her time as a disciple: “You are troubled about many things; but Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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Translation notes
- The quotation is Luke 10:41–42.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (wrong breathing on ἦν): οἷός τε ἧν ἀσχολεῖσθαι → οἷός τε ἦν ἀσχολεῖσθαι.
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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 10.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/6/).
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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 10.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/6/).
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