8:6 - And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI
but here, as Matthew and Mark have written, "Jesus gave thanks and brake; "[207]
8:15 - And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
and here, Jesus, leading forth His people from the midst of the Pharisees, transferred them to an eternal salvation.[522]
8:30 - And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII
Mark says, "He charged them that they should tell no man of Him; "[112]
8:31 - And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
Now this is He who was born of Mary; for He says: "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected, and crucified, and on the third day rise again."[286]
8:36 - For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
" But plainly, unrighteous gain is pleasure and pain, toil and fear; and, to speak comprehensively, the passions of the soul, the present of which is delightful, the future vexatious. "For what is the profit," it is said, "if you gain the world and lose the soul? "[212]
8:38 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of 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.
Tertullian On Idolatry
But "whosoever shall be ashamed of Me in the presence of men, of him will I too be ashamed," says He, "in the presence of my Father who is in the heavens."[100]Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
I am safe, if I am not ashamed of my Lord. "Whosoever," says He, "shall be ashamed of me, of him will I also be ashamed."[71]Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione
How will he confess, fleeing? How flee, confessing? "Of him who shall be ashamed of Me, will I also be ashamed before My Father."[25]Cyprian Epistle LXII
Moreover, however, the Lord says in the Gospel, "Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed."[34]