Biblica_1:Layout 1 21-11-2011 12:59 Pagina 400 400 SIMON J. JOSEPH “secondary insertion” 32. Many scholars also agree that Matthew has added πρῶτον in order to give priority to the “seeking” of the king- dom 33. Seeking the kingdom comes first, although Matthew has “soft- ened” the blow of this radical saying by allowing for secondary concern over food and clothing despite the fact that “the underlying tradition said precisely the opposite” 34. “Seeking” (ζητέω) is an active pursuit, a striving after something desired 35. In sapiential literature, “seeking” for Wisdom is a common motif (Prov 2,4, 14,6, 15,14, 18,15; Qoh 7,25; Wis 6,12; Sir 4,11-12, 6,27, 51,13). Yet Wisdom is not mentioned in this passage. It is not “wisdom” that one is to seek, but the “kingdom.” One is “to give oneself unreservedly to the pursuit of the Kingdom” 36. Robinson and Heil have suggested that scholars supporting the authenticity of Q 12:31 may be biased by the “theological presup- position” of Jesus’ allegedly eschatological orientation” 37. Robin- son criticizes those who “automatically” take the kingdom to be “a future reference by Jesus”, but whether Q 12,31 is “futuristic” or not depends quite a bit on what one means by “eschatology” and “king- dom”. Robinson argues that the “original” collection asserted that God’s constant care did not require the “nearness or the inbreaking of the kingdom… Apparently it is not necessary also to refer to the βασιλεία as an explanation for God’s constant care” 38. Robinson, however, is hardly free of his own theological interests, which in- 32 J.A. FITZMYER, The Gospel According to Luke X-XXIV. Introduction, Translation and Notes (AB 28A; Garden City, NY 1985) 976; R.C. TANNEHILL, The Sword of his Mouth. Forceful and Imaginative Language in Synoptic Sayings (SBL SS 1; Philadelphia, PA 1975) 60-61. 33 R. GUNDRY, Matthew, 118; G. STRECKER, The Sermon on the Mount. An Exegetical Commentary (Nashville, TN 1988) 140; HENDRICKX, The Sermon on the Mount, 146; CATCHPOLE, Quest for Q, 37. 34 CATCHPOLE, Quest for Q, 37; G. AGRELL, Work, Toil and Sustenance. An Examination of the View of Work in the New Testament, Taking into Consideration Views found in the Old Testament, Intertestamental, and Early Rabbinic Writings (Lund 1976) 73. 35 H. GREEVEN, “ζητέω,” TDNT II, 893 n.5. See 1 Cor 4,2; Matt 28,5; John 8,50; Matt 26,59; Phil 2,21. 36 GUELICH, The Sermon, 344. PIPER, Wisdom in the Q Tradition, 31. 37 ROBINSON, “The Pre-Q Text”, 177. 38 R.A. PIPER, “Wealth, Poverty, and Substinence in Q”, From Quest to Q. Festschrift James M. Robinson (ed. J.M.A. ASGEIRSSON et al.) (BETL 146; Leuven 2000) 219-264, 247.