# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 16.140

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/16.140

Ἡ δὲ θυγάτηρ τοῦ πένητος, μονογενὴς οὖσα καὶ παρθένος, καθεζομένη πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν, εἰργάζετο μὲν ταῖς χερσί, τῷ δὲ στόματι ἀσιγήτως τὸν Θεὸν εὐλόγει εὐχαριστοῦσα αὐτῷ ἐκ βαθέων ψυχῆς· τῶν ταύτης δὲ ὕμνων ἀκούσας ὁ νέος ἔφη· Τί σου, γύναι, τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα; χάριν δὲ τίνος, οὕτω περ οὖσα εὐτελὴς καὶ πτωχή, ὡς ἐπί τισι μεγάλοις δωρήμασιν εὐχαριστεῖς, τὸν δοτῆρα ὑμνοῦσα; Ἡ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπεκρίνατο· Οὐκ οἶσθα ὅτι, καθάπερ φάρμακον μικρὸν ἐκ μεγάλων νοσημάτων πολλάκις ῥύεται τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὕτω δὴ καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς μικροῖς εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ Θεῷ μεγάλων πρόξενον γίνεται; ἐγὼ τοίνυν, θυγάτηρ οὖσα γέροντος πτωχοῦ, εὐχαριστῶ ἐπὶ τοῖς μικροῖς τούτοις καὶ εὐλογῶ τὸν Θεόν, εἰδυῖα ὡς ὁ ταῦτα δοὺς καὶ μείζονα δύναται δοῦναι. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν περὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν καὶ οὐχ ἡμετέρων,

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John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward, Harold Mattingly. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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