LXXXIII How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure
Edward Storer translation
Christ one day going with his disciples through a deserted place, the disciples who followed Him saw some great pieces of fine gold shining there.
So they, calling Christ, and marvelling that He had not stayed to observe, said to Him: Lord, let us take this gold which will serve us for many needs.
And Christ turned to them and reproved them and said: you want those things which take from our kingdom the greatest number of souls. And that this is true, on our return you will see the proof.
And He passed on.
A little while after, two dear companions found the gold and were greatly rejoiced thereat, and one went to the nearest village to get a mule, while the other remained on guard.
And they began to load the mule.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · lit.: the enemy (’l nemico). ↑Note 2 · lit.: free, unpossessed, libero. ↑Note 3 · See Rappresentazione di S. Antonio, Le Monnier (1872), II, 33. ↑Note 4 · Now listen to the guilty deeds that followed the guilty thoughts sent them by the devil1. The one with the mule returned and said to his comNote 5 · And when they had almost finished loading, the one who had gone for the mule bent down to tie the bundle fast, and the other ran behind him Note 6 · Our Lord then passed with His disciples the same day, and showed them the example He had spoken of3.