"554. Γέρων τις κατέλαβεν ἐν Σκήτει λῃστὰς συλοῦντας τὴν κέλλαν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Ταχύνατε [f. 294r] πρὸ τοῦ ἔλθωσιν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ κωλύσωσί με πληρῶσαι τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ εἰπόντος· ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει."

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An elder at Scete encountered some robbers plundering his cell and he said to them: “Be quick before the brothers come and prevent me from fulfilling the commandment of Christ which says: ‘Do not ask somebody who takes your things to return them’” [Lk 6:30].