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Leviticus 6:5

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Some think that the precepts of the Old Testament are stricter than those of the New; but these are certainly deceived by careless consideration. For in the Old Testament, not avarice but robbery is punished. There, property unjustly taken is punished by fourfold restitution. But here this rich man is not blamed for taking what belonged to others, but for not giving what was his own.

40 Homilies on the Gospels, Homily 40 ↗