VER. 37 44. ST. LUKE. 417 finishedwhat He had purposedto say,but was somewhat interruptedby the PhariseeaskingHim to dine. AUG. Au?.For in orderto relatethis,Luke has made a variationfrom Ee?gnon' Matthew, atthatplacewhere bothhad mentionedwhat ourlib.». c 40Lord saidconcerningthe signof Jonah,and the queenof the south,and the uncleanspirit; afterwhich discourse Matthew says,WhileHe yettalkedtothepeople,beholdHis motherand His brethrenstoodwithoutdesiringto speakto Him ; but Luke havingalsoin thatdiscourseof our Lord relatedsome ofour Lord'ssayingswhich Matthew omitted, now departsfrom the orderwhich he had hithertokept withMatthew. BEDE. Accordingly,afterthatitwas toldHim thatHis mother and brethrenstoodwithout,and He said,For he thatdoeth the willof God, the same is My brother,and sister,and mother,we are givento understandthatHe by therequestofthePhariseewent tothedinner. CYRIL. For Christ,knowing thewickednessofthosePha risees,Himself purposelycondescendsto be occupiedin admonishingthem,afterthe manner ofthe bestphysicians, who bring remediesoftheirown making to thosewho are dangerouslyill.Hence itfollows,And He went in and sat down to meat. But what gave occasionforthe words of Christwas,thatthe ignorantPhariseeswere offended,that whilemen thoughtHim to be a greatman and a prophet, He conformednottotheirunreasonablecustoms.Therefore it isadded,But thePhariseebeganto thinkand saywithin himself,Why had He notfirstwashedbeforedinner? AUG. For everyday beforedinnerthe Phariseeswashed A.ug. themselveswith water,as if a dailywashing couldbe a ^g"' cleansingof the heart. But the Phariseethoughtwithin himself,yetdid not giveutterancetoa word ; nevertheless, He heardwho perceivedthe secretsoftheheart. Hence it follows,And theLord saiduntohim,Now do ye Pharisees make cleanthe outsideofthecup and theplatter; but your inwardpartisfullofraveningand wickedness. CYRIL.Now our Lord might alsohave used otherwords to admonish the foolishPharisee,but He seizesthe oppor tunityand framed His reprooffrom the thingsthatwere ready beforeHim. At thehour,namely,ofmeals He takes VOL. III. 2 E