Where the Fathers quote Matthew 18

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Basil the GreatPG 31:1157expounds v.3“αμην λεγω υμιν εαν μη στραφητε και γενησθε ως τα παιδια ου μη εισελθητε εις την βασιλειαν των ουρανων.”113. Whether one entrusted with souls can observe: «Unless you are converted and become as little children», given the diversity of persons Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:313expounds v.3“αμην λεγω υμιν εαν μη στραφητε και γενησθε ως τα παιδια ου μη εισελθητε εις την βασιλειαν των ουρανων.”On the meaning of: «Unless you turn and become as children» Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:316expounds v.3“αμην λεγω υμιν, εαν μη στραφητε και γενησθε ως τα παιδια, ου μη εισελθητε εις την βασιλειαν των ουρανων.”On «Unless you be converted and become as little children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven» John ChrysostomPG 60:759expounds v.18“Αμην λεγω υμιν οσα εαν δησητε επι της γης εσται δεδεμενα εν τω ουρανω και οσα εαν λυσητε επι της γης εσται λελυμενα εν τω ουρανω.”On «Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven», the parable of the hundred sheep, and the Evangelist's saying «If...» Basil the GreatPG 31:1232expounds v.20“ου γαρ εισι δυο η τρεις συνηγμενοι εις το εμον ονομα, εκει ειμι εν μεσω αυτων.”225. On the Lord’s saying: «Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.» How may we be worthy of this? Basil the GreatPG 31:1092expounds v.21“Τοτε προσελθων αυτω ο Πετρος ειπε· Κυριε ποσακις αμαρτησει εις εμε ο αδελφος μου και αφησω αυτω εως επτακις”15. On the meaning of «How often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?» and when it is appropriate to forgive Gregory PalamasPG 151:449expounds v.23“Δια τουτο ωμοιωθη η βασιλεια των ουρανων ανθρωπω βασιλει ος ηθελησε συναραι λογον μετα των δουλων αυτου.”On the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant: «The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle accounts»

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Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1051A…atius when he was being promoted to the prelacy of the Church; naturally, because they knew him to be praised by the mouth of God, and sanctified by His touch. Matt. XVIII, 2: "And Jesus calling a little child, etc… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1127…that have the image of caesar heaven and taking a child he set him in the midst of them and said amen i say to you unless you have been converted and made as children you… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1145…to these he says that having taken a child jesus clearly he set him in the midst of his disciples and having embraced him he said to them whoever receives one of the children in my… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:337…lord who is greater vers and jesus calling a child to him set him in the midst of them and said amen i say to you unless you be converted and become as little children you… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:589…of all and the minister of all and taking a child he set him in the midst of them and taking him up he saith to them whosoever shall receive one such child as this in…

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:297…of fire and so forth h chapter xviii h v and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name receivest me he exhorts the faithful to receive one such little child for his name… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:379C…ay not be sluggish toward such kindness, nor inquire too curiously about those who arrive, says: "Whoever receives one of these least in my name, receives me" (Matt. 18:5). Do not, therefore, look at the mean a… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:337…to the humility from which you have departed vers and he that shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me but he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in…

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Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:477…wherefore if thy hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands to be cast into everlasting… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:489…sea and if thy hand scandalize thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell into unquenchable fire where their worm does not… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:761…the scandal comes but if your foot or your hand scandalizes you cut them off and cast them from you it is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed rather than having two… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:813…lord signify if thy eye or thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee cut them off and cast them from thee c resp it is possible to interpret the parable in the obvious sense concerning friends… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:343…come but woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh and if thy hand or thy foot scandalize thee cut it off and cast it from thee it is good for thee to enter into… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:339…from you it is good for you to enter into life lame or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire and if your eye causes you to stumble…

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:567…one that has gone astray and in the gospel also he says the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost and in the parable one alone was lost out… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:701…christ and members in particular and our savior came to seek and to save that which was lost in the sacrament of the ninety nine sheep that did not wander and the one that was lost… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:639…my father who is in heaven for the son of man has come to save that which was lost to this incredible benefit the master came to the fugitive servant in the form of a servant…

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Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1475A…it will be false what is said here, that eleven remain over from the sheep, when 99 remain. He supposed, indeed, that this alluded to the hundred-sheep number, Matt. XVIII, 12, from which one was lost and 99 remaine… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1043…man having a hundred sheep if one of them goes astray does he not leave the ninety and nine that have not gone astray and go in search of that which has gone astray and finding… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1029A…him hear. For it is no small thing even for one sheep to be saved; since even that shepherd left the ninety-nine sheep and ran after the one that had strayed (Matt. 18: 12). I do not disdain a human being; even… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:267D…ninety-nine sheep, ran after the one, and did not return until he brought it back, and filled out the hundred sheep by the recovery of the one that had erred (Matt. XVIII, 12). Do not say that it is one alone, but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:765A…e who are numbered? Consider that sheep, how the shepherd did not rest from running through the desert until he found it, and restored it to its former number (Matt. 18:12-13). He thought he had nothing from all of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:591B…t. The heavenly Pastor enters into the house of the Pharisee; having left the ninety and nine sheep on the mountains, He enters to that which had perished (Matt. 18:12): He enters into His own fold, hiding t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:615C…they will retain the faith, calling the Shepherd Lord: since he himself is the good shepherd who left ninety-nine sheep and came to the one that had wandered (Matt. 18. 12); he came to Adam who had wandered. Fur… PG 33 (anthology)PG 33:1253…ratio of the multitude of angels to the number of men is that which holds between ninety-nine and one. This proportion, indeed, they elicit from that parable (Matt. XVIII, 12) of the man who, having a hundred sheep…

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15Matt 18:15

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:423…says if you shall see your brother sin argue him between you and him alone if he shall hear you you have gained your brother but if he shall not hear you take with you two… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1029…pherd, › which he himself uses as a buttress for his dogma at the end of Homily 6 on Numbers. Likewise that from the parable which Christ proposes in Matthew 18:15, when the angry lord ordered the wicked servant to be deliv… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1479C…you, go and correct him between you and him alone. If he does not listen to you, take with you two or three. And if he does not listen, tell it to the Church" (Matt. XVIII, 15-17), that is, accuse him publicly and not… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:115D…ryone committing any sin whatsoever, observe the judgment of the Lord who said: 'If your brother sins against you, go, reprove him between you and him alone'" (Matt. XVIII, 15), etc. In a word, if it is permissible… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:777…to be silent when some have sinned h chapter ii h luke if thy brother shall trespass against thee rebuke him and so forth to the ephesians and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:779…ed. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church; but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican (Matt. XVIII, 15-17). REGULA LIII. That a Christian oug… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:849A…fe. Caput VI. MATTHEW. But if your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him between yourself and him alone; if he hears you, you have gained your brother (Matt. XVIII, 15).... When you have gathered together, a… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:943…sin of sacrilege according to the commandment of the lord who says if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault b and the rest but for us to litigate against them… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1007B…e mode handed down by the Lord, when He said: "If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone," and so forth (Matth. XVIII, 15). And if he is corrected in what he see… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1237A…have gained your brother; but if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, that every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses (Matth. XVIII, 15-16). If he refuses to listen to them, tell… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:251A…him between you and him alone. But if he will not hear, take with you two more. If he will not hear even them, let him be to you as an ethnic and a publican" (Matt. 18:15). And yet, when Peter asked elsewhere,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:255B…ys, I was doing it in order to correct him. It was not necessary, therefore, to slander in secret, but, as Christ commanded, to take him aside and correct him (Matt. 18:15). For public accusations often make the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:439…rebuke would be welcome and acceptable, does not allow the rebuke to be published from the beginning, saying: Go, and reprove him between you and him alone (Matt. 18. 15). Thus did Paul also behave, showing re… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:191…them public; let us admonish those who sin, as the Lord says: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone (Matt. xviii. 15). And so, in proportion as your public… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:307A…Peter: "Go, rebuke him between thee and him alone; if he will not hear, take with thee another; if indeed he does not yield even then, tell it to the Church" (Matt. 18:15-17). And so great are the punishments He i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:45A…you one or two: if he even then contradicts, tell the Church: and if he does not listen even to the Church, let him be to you as the Gentile and the publican" (Matt. 18. 15–17). If then he who sins against me, when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:269…is found who scorns this let him hear christ saying even now if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he shall hear thee thou… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1031…must be reproved if he sins commanded this through the gospels but if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he will not hear thee… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:337A…scoff at your wise words." "They hated those who reprove in the gates." Isa. xxix, 21 — "They will make all those who reprove in the gates a stumbling block." Matt. xviii, 15-18 — "If your brother sins against you, go… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:983…who hold the same belief are such for this reason he says if thy brother shall trespass against thee rebuke him alone privately and if he hears thee thou hast gained him d but if not… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:19C…d that with these words: If thy brother sin against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother (Matt. 18:15). While Christ was saying these and oth… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:361B…hidden medicine possesses much gain, hear what Christ says: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone (Matt. 18.15); and He did not say, between thee and…

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1193…brought h therefore i say unto you the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king which would take account of his servants the meaning c of the parable wishes to teach forgiveness of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:373C…he remission of the sins of one's neighbor. On account of this, Christ called those sins against the Lord ten thousand talents, but these, one hundred denarii (Matt. XVIII, 23-28). Remit the hundred denarii, that ten t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:383D…iveness of the sins against the enemy. Therefore, God called those ten thousand talents, that is, the sins against the Master; but these are a hundred denarii (Matt. 18. 23 ff.), which if you forgive, the ten tho… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939B…just from the unjust, as we explained above in the parable where he says: "The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who wanted to reckon with his servants" (Matt. 18. 23). Now another parable goes like this: "… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…also through the following parable that it behooves us to be compassionate therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king which would take account of his servants the meaning of the parable teaches… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:17…HOMILY ON THE DEBTOR OF TEN THOUSAND TALENTS, AND ON THE MAN WHO EXACTED A HUNDRED DENARII, AND THAT THE REMEMBRANCE OF INJURIES IS WORSE THAN ANY SIN (Matt. 18.23, seq.) 1. It is characteris… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:19C…aking to the disciples, he began in this fashion: Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a man, a king, who desired to take account with his servants (Matt. 18:23-35). On the Parable But why, pr…

24Matt 18:24

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1193…does the judgment also after this we must speak to the passage and when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which owed ten thousand talents this seems to me to have the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:553D…ing, as we do God every day. And Christ, signifying this, called the sins against one's neighbor a hundred denarii, but those against God ten thousand talents (Matt. 18:24). Wherefore, since we appease such grea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:763B…ian, the one who forgives, the one easily entreated, the one who is approachable. Have you not heard that when a certain man had devoured ten thousand talents (Matt. 18:24), and had lost and dissipated all of hi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:547D…er short time; but you, as a kind one, gave him a complete remission of the ten thousand talents, had he not afterwards wrongfully been angry with his brother (Matt. XVIII, 24 sqq.). The prodigal at last returned, e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:705B…erciful and forgiving toward those who sin against us. The "hundred denarii" here are the sins against us; those from us toward God are "ten thousand talents" (Matt. 18:24-28). You know that sins are also judged by… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…he does not punish without judgment for that would be cruelty b and when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents but forasmuch as he had not… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1261C…does not remember the benefits he himself has received—like that man who had been forgiven ten thousand talents, but would not forgive the hundred denarii (Matt. XVIII. 24). Let us, therefore, be thankful for wh… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:211A…manifesting mercy in the present time, but justice in the future. "And when he began to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents" (Matt. XVIII, 24). Perhaps the whole nature of men is li… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:23D…not that they may only hear, but that they may be corrected. And as He began to settle accounts, there was brought unto Him one debtor of ten thousand talents (Matt. 18:24). For whatever had been entrusted to hi… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:367…d not have wherewith to repay, he begged that he might be patient with him, so that by selling his wife, home, and children, he might pay the debt to his lord (Matt. 18.24 sqq.). But when the lord saw him lament…

25Matt 18:25

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:589…to him but since he had not the means to pay he commanded him to be sold and his wife and his children and everything that he had then when this man enjoyed philanthropy upon going… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:591…owed ten thousand talents and as he had nothing to pay he commanded him to be sold and his wife and children whose command he says not because of cruelty nor because of lack of humanity… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:429…of piety and love for god that will be effective he ordered him to be sold and his wife and his children xviii through the sale of the wife and the others is signified the complete… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1139…he could not pay his lord ordered him to be sold with his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made so the servant fell on his knees imploring him 'lord… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…was brought to him and he had nothing he commanded that he be sold and his wife and his children and all he had and payment to be made but the same lord when the servant… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…reckon one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents but forasmuch as he had not to pay his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:453…who owed ten thousand talents and had not wherewith to pay the lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had d and payment to be made but when…

26Matt 18:26

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:325D…s approached Him, and as he caused the Judge to relent by repentance and much supplication, and said: Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay everything (Matt. 18:26). The lover of mankind did not wait for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:249…a the master he produced saying have patience with me and i will pay thee all and he he says went and cast him into prison till he should pay… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:445…same petition toward him which he had used toward the master saying have patience with me and i will pay you everything but he it says went and threw him into prison until he should pay… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1139…be made so the servant fell on his knees imploring him 'lord have patience with me and i will pay you everything ' and out of pity for his servant the lord of that man released… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…his fellow servant fell down at his feet and besought him saying have patience with me and i will pay thee all but he would not but went and cast him into prison until he should… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…for that man will no longer be able to cooperate in theft the servant therefore fell down and worshipped him saying lord have patience with me and i will pay thee all then the lord of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…owest and his fellow servant falling at his feet besought him saying have patience with me and i will pay thee all but he would not but went away and cast him into prison until he… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:213…alienation from god 'the servant falling down was praying to him saying have patience with me and i will pay thee all ' what then of the servant instead of the payment of money he offers… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:455…down it says his fellow servant at his feet he begged saying have patience with me and i will pay you all but he did not listen but cast him into prison until he should pay… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:25A…correction. Let us see, then, how He manages the wound for him. For he says, falling, he besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all (Matt. 18. 26). He did not say that he had nothing to… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:27…owe anything but that man falling at his feet begged him saying have patience with me and i will pay you everything matt he asks for his own salvation in the same words by which he…

27Matt 18:27

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:247…thousand talents obtained the remission of all from his master, fell down, and prayed. "For moved by mercy," he says, "his lord even remitted the debt to him" (Matt. 18.27). Have you seen the mercy of the Lord?… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…saying lord have patience with me and i will pay thee all then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt d behold the power of repentance… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:25D…t us see how He released him, and whence the Master was moved to this action. Moved with compassion, his lord, he says, released him, and forgave him the debt (Matt. 18. 27). He asked for a delay, and this man gr…

28Matt 18:28

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1007A…fenses of his neighbor and had demanded a hundred denarii from him, was later rebuked by the Lord for his cruelty and inhumanity and had nothing to answer (Matt. 18:28-34). Whence it is clear that nothing will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:919…Index Verborum, Locutionum et Variarum Lectionum creditore 201 p. m. 202 init. Cl. Wetsten. ad Matth. xviii. 28. οἱ ἀγχόμενοι, oppresi 658 pr. f. ἄγχει… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:659…is the fourth part of an ounce thus a drachma would be the eighth part of an ounce an obol was also minted which was itself the eighth part of an ounce not indeed of silver… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…the servant go and forgave him the debt but after that the servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him an hundred pence and he laid hands on him and took… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:345…servant and persuade him to turn to supplication and entreaty but that servant went out and found one of his… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:215…a great debt lost the grace through his own folly and that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii and laying hold of him he choked him… Dionysius Petavius 1583-1652PG 43:595…the widow's two lepta which hilary calls denarii are those old denarii the eighth part of an ounce two of which render a quadrans of a half ounce for he reasons thus a quadrans which is… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:27…Going out, that man found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, "Pay me what you owe" (Matt. 18:28). What could be more wicked than this?…

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30Matt 18:30

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:525…compassion on thy fellow servant even as i had pity on thee cast him into prison till he should pay all the debt matt xviii to these things moreover the lord adds so also shall my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:249A…he Master, saying: "Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything." And he, he says, went out and cast him into prison until he should pay all the debt (Matt. 18:30). O, the extent of his ingratitude! Alt… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1139…will pay you ' he refused but went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt when his fellow servants saw what had taken place they were greatly distressed and they went and… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…saying have patience with me and i will pay thee all but he would not but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt for if ye forgive men their b transgressions…

31Matt 18:31

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1109B…d, reported it to their lord; and the lord, being angry, revoked his favor toward him, and handed him over to the torturers until he should pay what was owed" (Matt. XVIII, 31-34). INTERROGATION XLIII. How should… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…and i will pay thee all vers but when his fellow servants saw what was done they were very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done these fellow servants appear to…

32Matt 18:32

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:525D…rvant, oughtest not thou also to have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? Cast him into prison, till he should pay all the debt" (Matt. XVIII, 32). To these things, moreover, the Lord a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1675…cum Magnum teaches us. Instead of ἐνειλήσας, Bentley reads ἀνηλεῶς. Ruæus. Ibid., line 4, καὶ ὀκνηρέ. These words do not exist in the cited passage, Matthew XVIII, 32; but are transferred here by Origen from a similar passage… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:449…also in the parables cried out announcing the lord's command saying 'thou wicked servant i forgave thee all that debt because you asked me oughtest not thou also to have had compassion on thy fellow servant… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:867D…juries: "You wicked servant," he says, "I forgave you all that debt; ought you not also to have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?" (Matt. 18:32-33). Again, the virgins, because they did… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:47B…hat day hear: 'Thou wicked servant, I forgaved thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me; oughtest not thou also to have forgiven thy fellow-servants?'" (Matt. 18:32). With the forgiveness of sins, he will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:355…who did them; for he who takes vengeance does not give thanks. But let us not be like him who demanded the hundred denarii, lest we hear, "You wicked servant" (Matt. 18:32); for there is nothing worse than this… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…who are inhuman and unmerciful vers then his lord called him and said unto him o thou wicked servant i forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also have had compassion…

33Matt 18:33

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:525…oughtest not thou also to have had compassion on thy fellow servant even as i had pity on thee cast him into prison till he should pay all the debt matt xviii to these things moreover… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:449…oughtest not thou also to have had compassion on thy fellow servant even as i had pity on thee ' and the lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…wicked servant i forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant even as i had pity on thee and his lord was wroth and…

34Matt 18:34

Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:449…' and the lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due unto him then a late and fruitless repentance will take hold of you heavy groanings will seize… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:249…liable for such great debts now he commands to happen for he delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due till he says that he might pay back those ten thousand… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1641…on you and being angry he delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due and when peter asked how often shall i forgive my brother if he sins against me up… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…compassion on thy fellow servant even as i had pity on thee and his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him b the master… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:217…be harsh he adds and he delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was owed the tormentors are the unmerciful angels appointed for punishment however until he should pay all that was… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:455…and promising but having gone away he cast him into prison until he should pay all that was owed what then is this going out once that time has arrived what is this debt towards fellow… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:29A…ile there He did not distress him even with a word. For this reason, then, here it is also added that having become angry, "he delivered him to the torturers" (Matt. 18:34); but when He demanded from him an acco…

35Matt 18:35

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:249B…sion of what is added: "So also," He says, "will your heavenly Father do to you, if you do not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses" (Matt. 18:35). Great is the profit of the parable, i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:347…that is due and deserved he will therefore be punished forever vers so likewise shall my heavenly father do also unto you if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses he… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:29D…d, but that of God Himself who is about to judge us then. For just as He said here, "So shall also My Father do, unless you forgive each one from your hearts" (Matt. 18:35), so also elsewhere He says: "If you fo…

441Matt 18:441

Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:129…e understood that God speaks of his repentance concerning the anointing of Saul. 440. An exposition of Christ's saying that we must be assimilated to children, Matth. xviii. 441. A response to the instance brought fro…