The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 32

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

1 And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found 2 there oxen and sheep and doves. [[Matthew 21.12]] b And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting, [[John 2.14]] b he made for himself a scourge of rope, and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and the money-changers; [[Matthew 21.12]] c and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, and the seats of 3 them that sold the doves; [[Matthew 21.13]] and he was teaching, and saying unto them, Is it not written, My house is a house of prayer for all peoples? And you have made it a den 4 for robbers. [[John 2.16]] And he said to those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and 5 make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. [[Mark 11.16]] And he suffered not any 6 one to carry vessels inside the temple. [[John 2.17]] And his disciples remembered the scripture, 7 The zeal of your house has eaten me up. [[John 2.18]] The Jews answered and said to him, 8 What sign have you shown us, that you do this? [[John 2.19]] Jesus answered and said to 9 them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days. [[John 2.20]] The Jews said to him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and will you raise it in three days? 10 [[John 2.21]] But he spoke unto them of the temple of his body, that when they destroyed it, he 11 [Arabic, p. 122] would raise it in three days. [[John 2.22]] When therefore he rose from among the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spoke.

12 [[Mark 12.41]] And when Jesus sat down over against the treasury, he observed how the multitudes were casting their offerings into the treasury: and many rich men were 13, 14 throwing in much. [[Mark 12.42]] a And there came a poor widow, and cast in two mites. [[Luke 21.3]] And Jesus called his disciples, and said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor 15 widow cast into the treasury more than all the people: [[Mark 12.44]] a and all of these cast into the place of the offering of God of the superfluity of their wealth; while this woman of her want threw in all that she possessed.

16 [[Luke 18.9]] And he spoke unto them this parable, concerning people who trusted in themselves 17 that they are righteous, and despised every man: [[Luke 18.10]] Two men went up to the 18 temple to pray; one of them a Pharisee, and the other a publican. [[Luke 18.11]] And the Pharisee stood apart, and prayed thus, O Lord, I thank you, since I am not like the rest of men, the unjust, the profligate, the extortioners, or even like this publican; 19 [[Luke 18.12]] but I fast two days a week, and tithe all my possessions. [[Luke 18.13]] And the publican was 20 standing at a distance, and he would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was 21 beating upon his breast, and saying, O Lord, have mercy on me, me the sinner. [[Luke 18.14]] I say unto you, that this man went down justified to his