That day
Thursday, 19 July 2007
The verse
“But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”Matthew 6:33 · WEB
From the tradition
“For we may venture to say that the Gospel is the first fruits of all the Scriptures.”
Origen of Alexandria · Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I, §4
In the words of a public-domain translation (tr. Allan Menzies, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, ed. Allan Menzies (1896)), checked against the source edition.