Chapter LV.—Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the Notices Which
They Subjoin of the Manner in Which the Lord Charged the Man to Follow Him Who
Wished to Come After Him.
111. Matthew continues thus: “Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;” and so on, down to
the words, “And then He shall reward every man according to his work.”1094 This is appended
also by Mark, who keeps the same order. But he does not say of the Son of man, who was
to come with His angels, that He is to reward every man according to his work. Nevertheless,
he mentions at the same time that the Lord spoke to this effect: “Whosoever shall be ashamed
of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of
man be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” 1095 And
this may be taken to bear the same sense as is expressed by Matthew, when he says, that “He
shall reward every man according to his work.” Luke1096 also adds the same statements in
the same order, slightly varying the terms indeed in which they are conveyed, but still
showing a complete parallel with the others in regard to the truthful reproduction of the
self-same ideas.1097
1094 Matt. xvi. 24–27.
1095 Mark viii. 34–38.
1096 Luke ix. 25, 26.
1097 The text gives, eadem tamen sententiarum veritate simillimus. Another reading is, sententiam veritate
simillimo.
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