Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 100:6

תנו רבנן המצפה לשכר אשתו וריחים אינו רואה סימן ברכה לעולם שכר אשתו מתקולתא ריחייא אגרתא אבל עבדה ומזבנה אישתבוחי משתבח בה קרא דכתיב (משלי לא, כד) סדין עשתה ותמכור:

It is written, For thy mercy is great unto the heavens;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LVII, 11.');">¹⁴</span> whereas it is also written, For thy mercy is great above the heavens?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. CVIII, 5.');">¹⁵</span> How is this [to be explained]? Here it refers to those who perform [God's behest] for its own sake;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'name'. To them, His mercy is great above the heavens.');">¹⁶</span> there it refers to those who perform [it] with an ulterior motive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'not for its own name'.');">¹⁷</span>

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