Where the Fathers quote Matthew 25
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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1268expounds v.27“εδει ουν σε βαλειν το αργυριον μου τοις τραπεζιταις και ελθων εγω εκομισαμην αν το εμον συν τοκω.”177. On «You ought to have deposited the money»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:352expounds v.33“και στησει τα μεν προβατα εκ δεξιων αυτου τα δε εριφια εξ ευωνυμων.”388. On «And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left»
Gregory of NyssaPG 46:472expounds v.40“και αποκριθεις ο βασιλευς ερει αυτοις· αμην λεγω υμιν, εφ᾿ οσον εποιησατε ενι τουτων των αδελφων μου των ελαχιστων, εμοι εποιησατε.”On almsgiving, regarding the Gospel: «Inasmuch as you did it to one of these, etc.» (Homily 2)
1Matt 25:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1585…which made a marriage for his son and the rest and in then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and the rest therefore the king's son in the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1587…made a marriage for his son and the rest and in that then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins who took their lamps and the rest d therefore the son who made…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:115…h for that which is said c the kingdom of heaven is likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom signifies that they had all chosen the same way…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703A…and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not (Matt. xxv, 1-13). Strive to enter in at the strait…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727B…were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps (Matth. xxv, 1-4). To which he adds a little later regar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:267D…see how, by seeing their fellow servants, they were silenced? Come, let us lead our discourse to another example for you. "Virgins," He says, "there were ten" (Matth. 25. 1). Again, here are the purposes that ach…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:99D…stance, the rich man who was there in the time of Lazarus (Luc. 16:19 et seq.), the foolish virgins, in addition to this the one who had hidden the one talent (Matth. 25:1 et seq., 24 et seq.); and in the presen…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:711…h homily lxxviii h then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…h k l and the moscow ones in agreement quoting the gospel then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:527C…e to Him pertains power, honor, glory, and magnificence, now and always, and for ages of ages. Amen. ON THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS, AND ON ALMSGIVING (Matt. 25:1). On the Holy and Great Tuesday. ⟦…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:527C…ugh the very words divine. It is made like, he says, the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins, who having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom (Matt. 25:1). But when, I ask, did they go forth? P…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:769…e Jews gathered a council and said: What are we to do?" (John 11:47); delivered on the Holy and Great Monday. 653-664 SERMON on the parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1), and on almsgiving; delivered on the H…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:773A…, "The Jews took counsel together, and said, What do we?" (John 11). Delivered on the second great holy week. 525-528 Sermon on the parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1), and on almsgiving; delivered on the t…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:805D…m, desiring to take something of what is his, and thus we die, leading ourselves to the slaughter. CHAPTER LXXIII Thus perished the five virgins (Matt. xxv, 1-15), by purity and continence indeed destr…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:185…only camps but also choirs let us hear the c lord saying then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom therefore the…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:737C…sentence of judgment concerning all: but you slumber, you succumb to negligence, you sleep and fall asleep, and that while the Groom is by no means delaying ⟦ Matth. XXV, 1 seqq.⟧, and He is prepared for the nupt…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…those who received the talents on the advent of christ h vers then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five…
2Matt 25:2
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:829…as if from the tribe of Reuben, and others from the tribe of Simeon, or Levi, or Judah. For I think that all the holy ones are called the five prudent virgins (Matt. xxv, 2), although they are innumerable, on acc…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:293C…l, but the foolish had no oil, and their lamps were going out. And the foolish came up to the wise and said, 'Give us some of your oil from your vessels'" (Matt. 25.2, 8). I am ashamed, and I blush, and I w…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but…
3Matt 25:3
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…and five of them were wise and five were foolish those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps but while…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901A…been born. ADNOTATIONES AD HOMILIAM LXXVIII. The text of the Gospel, lines 5. After these words [Matt. 25:3], which [the foolish ones] did not t…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…the bridegroom and five of them were wise and five were foolish they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps…
4Matt 25:4
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps matth xxv to which he adds a little later regarding the foolish afterward…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps but while the bridegroom was delayed they all slumbered and slept and at…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:711…were wise and five were foolish which took no oil says he but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried and the rest a ' these parables are similar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…did not take he says oil immediately the homily begins mort savile but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps and while the bridegroom tarried and so forth this seems to be drawn…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1499…bridegroom and of gladness according to the parable of the lord for the wise took oil in their vessels and went in with the much desired bridegroom and the doors were shut and they enjoyed his…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept a under the guise…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:53…with the precepts of rhetoric and similarly below v but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps the aforesaid edition also adds auton their with us go into the city to a certain…
5Matt 25:5
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:931…they hear james saying for faith without works is dead james and while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept the discourse means this that as the consummation lingers not only sinners but even the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:711…oil the philanthropy the almsgiving the help rendered to those in need while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept he shows not a few…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…those five were foolish which did not take he says oil then while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529…How did they love temperance, but turn away from hospitality? What, then, was the end? "While the bridegroom tarried," it says, "they all slumbered and slept" (Matt. 25:5). But those who had laid up the oil bef…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:445…possible for one to be delivered into punishment with the spirit xxv while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept he compares to sleep and calls slumber the bodily…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…them but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept a under the guise of the virgins he proposes the parable concerning almsgiving so that…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:415A…ther manuscripts. Vers. 33, "for the oil for justice." For almsgiving, for charity, John Chrysostom, homily on the ten virgins. Vers. 34, chronismon (delay). Matt. XXV, 5. Vers. 42, "to the meeting of," I Thess…
6Matt 25:6
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:891…twofold reason for which night is that in it He both received life when He had suffered, and later the kingdom of the world was received. Jerome on Matthew XXV, 6: It is a tradition of the Jews that Christ will come at mi…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…despair of the preservation of their oil at midnight a cry was made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps but the foolish said…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:619C…e knocks at the door, let us kindle our lamps for him, always prepared, having oil with us, so that when the sound of those saying, “The bridegroom is coming” (Matt. 25.6), occurs, we may enter with him, lest b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…says oil then while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:521…the lamps of faith, and pour in lavishly the oil of piety, so that at night, when the voice sounds saying, "Behold, the bridegroom comes, go out to meet him" (Matt. XXV, 6), you may go out with bright lamps, dan…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529…or not in the day, but at midnight, the Judge arrives. What then? There is a cry calling to the encounter: "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go out to meet him" (Matt. 25:6). What, then, happened? All the virgins…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:439A…t Sinai, and there too there were angels. And what does the voice of the archangel mean? Just as He said concerning the virgins, "Arise, the bridegroom comes" [Matt. xxv. 6]. He says this, either because, as happ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:471…and five foolish and the bridegroom tarrying they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye forth to meet him do you see how it is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…is said because the second coming does not happen immediately b vers and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:939…he will come as a bridegroom with glory for he himself says at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him the morning hymn is in thanksgiving that…
7Matt 25:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…was made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps but the foolish said to the wise give us of your oil for our lamps…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil for our lamps…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…was made behold the bridegroom is coming go out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said to the wise give us some of your oil for our…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:867D…servant, just as I had mercy on you?" (Matt. 18:32-33). Again, the virgins, because they did not have oil in their lamps, he excluded from the bridal chamber (Matt. 25:7 sqq.); another, because he had entered…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil but they did…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil for our lamps…
8Matt 25:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps but the foolish said to the wise give us of your oil for our lamps are going out but the prudent answered saying lest perhaps there be not enough…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out but the wise answered saying not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…their lamps and the foolish said to the wise give us some of your oil for our lamps are going out but the wise answered d saying lest there should not be enough for us and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769C…ht see the same thing in the parable of the ten virgins; for since the bridegroom was about to arrive, the foolish say to the wise: "Give us some of your oil" (Matt. 25:8). And they say to them: "Lest there not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1007D…e who have departed from here with their sins will speak in vain and for no purpose. For those five virgins begged oil from their equals and did not obtain it (Matt. 25:8-9), and he who had buried his talent in t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:303…nt your bodies a chaste virgin" [2 Cor. 11:2]. Chaste, how? "Not having spot or wrinkle" [Eph. 5:27]. Since those [B] virgins who had their lamps extinguished [Matt. 25:8] were indeed virgins in body, but not p…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:931…cannot be made up in one hour but the foolish said to the wise give us of your oil for our lamps are going out the lamp of a man goes out when his faith fails…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil but they did not consent saying lest there be not enough for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529…m for entreaty. Then, therefore, approaching the wise, they sought what they could not obtain. "Give us of your oil," they said, "for our lamps are going out" (Matt. 25:8). It was necessary, then, to have imita…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:201C…share our goods with others, if we make them into oil, then it will stand by us, and we shall not say at that time, “Give us oil, for our lamps are going out” (Matt. 25:8), nor shall we need others, nor, having…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out but the wise answered saying not…
9Matt 25:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…our lamps are going out but the prudent answered saying lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you go you rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and whilst they went…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…wise give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out but the wise answered saying not so lest there be not enough for us and you but go ye rather to them that sell…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…out but the wise answered d saying lest there should not be enough for us and you but go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves and while they went to buy the bridegroom…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769…give us some of your oil and they to them lest it be not enough for us and you the scripture is not discoursing here about oil and fire but about virginity and philanthropy and it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1061…your oil the wise say to them we are afraid lest it be not enough for us and you but they did not refuse out of jealousy for what need is there of gold there for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:931…you and to excuse us but the prudent answered saying lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you he shows in those words that that judgment will be so terrible that no innocence…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…wise give us of your oil but they did not consent saying lest there be not enough for us and you go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and while they went…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:459C…permitted then to turn aside to an inn; nor to buy in the marketplace; everything must be carried hence. Hear what the virgins say: "Go to them that sell" (Mt. 25:9). Hear what Abraham says: "There is a g…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529…e has sown. "Give you oil to us." What, then, do the wise say to them? "Lest there be not enough for us and you; but go you rather to them that sell, and buy" (Matt. 25:9). Even if a small amount of time still…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:883A…t (Luke 16:26). How much those virgins entreated the virgins of equal age for a little oil! But hear what they say: Lest there not be enough for us and you (Matt. 25:9); and no one was able to bring them int…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:447…through the virtue of others therefore they are rejected those others saying lest there be not enough for us and for you for with difficulty will each one's own virtue suffice for the salvation of his…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…wise give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out but the wise answered saying not so lest there be not enough for us and you but go ye rather to them that sell…
10Matt 25:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…you rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and whilst they went to buy the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:399B…ause they had oil in their lamps, entered with the Bridegroom; but the foolish, because they were unprepared, were excluded from the joy of the bridal chamber (Matt. XXV, 10 sqq.). 7. After this, let us see what…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and while they went to buy the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1603…you but go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves and while they went to buy the bridegroom came and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding and the door…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1767D…discipline of prudence, having provided for themselves and having prepared oil in their lamps, were able to enter the bridal chambers with the Bridegroom (Matth. XXV, 10). But the foolish ones, who ceased from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:295C…but go rather to them that sell." And while they were going, the bridegroom came, and they that had the lamps ready entered in with him, and the door was shut (Matt. 25.10). And the five foolish ones approac…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:651D…ess to you?" (Ps. 6:5). Thus the gate of the bridechamber was closed to the foolish virgins, who spent the time of carrying their lamps in the purchase of oil (Matt. 25:10). He calls praise "colloquy": for he wh…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…you go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and while they went to buy the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529…ediators to the Master, the unconquered orators on the day of judgment. And as they were going to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived, and the doors were shut (Matt. 25:10). O the injury of harmful sloth! O the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves and while they went to buy the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:245B…22, 23). And the virgins also, not accusing them of faith and dogmas, but of perverse life, and of inhumanity and cruelty, He excluded from the bridal chamber (Matt. 25. 10-12); but the one who was clothed in filthy…
11Matt 25:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1701…with him to the marriage and the door was shut but last came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answering said amen i say to you i know you not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…matth xxv to which he adds a little later regarding the foolish afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:951…lect angels, that it will be a cause of great evil and inextinguishable fire for us on the day of judgment. For if in the likeness of the virgins (Matt. 25:11), He made those who lived with bright faith and the radianc…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:529B…unopened. For arriving, they knocked, saying: "Lord, Lord, open to us"; the Judge from within crying out fearfully: "Amen, amen, I say to you, I know you not" (Matt. 25:11, 12). O the final judgment! Even though…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know…
12Matt 25:12
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:47…, they have put on the image, and not the heavenly, and on account of this they will be brought to nothing. For they will hear at that time, I do not know you (Matt. xxv, 12): inasmuch as they are not clothed with…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703…afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not matt xxv b strive to enter in at the strait…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:727…afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not ibid i tell you in that night there shall be…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1767D…V, 10). But the foolish ones, who ceased from such studies, being made aliens to those for whom oil could be prepared, were cheated of the joy of the marriage (cf. Matth. XXV, 12). These things have been said in order…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:771A…but those who had arrived too late to be able to enter, knocked at the doors of the bridal chamber, and heard that terrible voice: "Depart, I do not know you" (Matt. 25:12). Do you see him again, both honoring a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:723D…e, were extinguished, and in what manner the doors of the bridegroom's chamber were closed to them, and how I answered from inside [the house]: I know you not (Matth. XXV, 12). By which words I expressed the voice…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:317D…sit ten thousand hells, he would say nothing like that of falling from that blessed glory, that of being hated by Christ, that of hearing, I do not know you (Matth. 25. 12), that of being reproached for having s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:621B…)? Are not the foolish virgins cast out of the bridal chamber? Do not they who have not fed Christ go away into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matth. 25: 12, 41)? Is not he who was clothed in filt…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:689B…sciples are those five foolish virgins. Its citizens sell and buy every kind of thing without mercy and love; whence they also shall hear: I do not know you (Matt. 25:12). Its heirs shall hear: Depart from me…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…afterward came also the other virgins saying lord lord open to us but he answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:167A…racter derived from miracles, he now makes them recognizable by charity. For there are many who will have worked miracles who are to hear, "I do not know you" [Matth. xxv, 12]. But if the whole world was brought to…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1057A…es and light their lamps; therefore the Bridegroom did not open to them, but said to them as He said to the foolish virgins: Amen I say to you, I know you not (Matth. XXV, 12). And He says to them also: Depart…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:281A…retain the gift of the Spirit with themselves; and for this reason they were cast out of the bridal chamber, and heard that terrible voice: I do not know you (Matt. 25:12), which was even more grievous than Geh…
13Matt 25:13
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:449D…e sober and watchful continuously, and by this more to stir us up toward the care of virtue. "For watch," he says, "for you do not know the day, nor the hour" (Matt. 25:13). But we do the opposite, and we sleep…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:713…word also to those who work iniquity b watch therefore for you know neither the day nor the hour do you see how he continually adds this showing the usefulness of being ignorant of the time…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour then he again speaks another parable for the kingdom of heaven is as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:697…and hold fast to repentance the capital of our salvation because we know neither the day nor the hour in which our lord comes you who are overcome by drunkenness and are cutting yourselves off by…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1749…that servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour to him be glory unto the ages amen d h homily cv on…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1179B…the furthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. But of that day and hour no one knoweth, no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone. › Matth. xxv, 13. — ‹ Watch ye, because you know not the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:423…answered and said verily i say unto you i know you not watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the son of man cometh c he says the cry happens at…
14Matt 25:14
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791B…received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two (Matth. XXV, 14-17). And a little later: For unto every on…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:801…streams all others baptized by me hear these things from me repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and believe in the lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god but when you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:375D…ward. "A certain householder," he says, "going on a journey, called his own servants and gave to one indeed five talents, to another two, but to another one." (Matt. xxv, 14, 15, 19, 20). Great is the servant's gr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:609…e multiplied, consider how much labor and care is upon us to whom such things have been entrusted. Therefore, that man to whom five talents had been entrusted (Matt. 25:14 sqq.), did not offer the same number, b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…neither the day nor the hour then he again speaks another parable for the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country who called his own servants and delivered unto them his…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:965…he also commanded the apostles in summary saying say to them repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for he did not absolutely say this regarding the temporal nearness of the kingdom as though…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1167…by subtle thought is beyond the end of beings the saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matth iii does not as i think d refer to a contraction of time for it…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:401A…t be idle." Eccli. xxxi, 27. "A man traveling to a far country called his own servants and delivered to them his goods; and to one he gave five talents," etc. Matth. xxv, 14. "You yourselves know that these hands…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:531…chap xlii concerning the laborers hired for wages h cap xx vers for the kingdom of heaven is like to an householder d of this entire parable only the crucial parts should be interpreted as chrysostom…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:111…of the evangelical preaching today as a preface to your charity repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand and it has not only drawn near but it is also within us for the kingdom…
15Matt 25:15
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:539…this life inasmuch as the master of the house gave to one five talents to another two and to another one to each according to his own power the word who is the living soul b…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:685…going on a journey called his own servants and gave to one five talents to another two and to another one since the gifts are many and the distributions of the holy spirit are diverse and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods and to one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to every man according to his several ability and straightway took his…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1217A…XIII, 23); which is also found in the case of those who received the minae, when he gave five talents to one, two to another, and one to another (Luke XIX, 16; Matt. XXV, 15). INTERROGATION CCIV. How…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:769…xpenditure will not be unpunishable for us, but we shall by all means give an account. And what was said concerning the five talents, and the two, and the one (Matt. 25:15), is to be said regarding money and all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…country who called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods and unto one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to every man according to his several ability and straightway…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:51…about to go on a journey called his own servants and to one he gave five talents to another two and to another one and when they had completed their work rendering them worthy praises he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:875…distribution of the talents that took place for to one he says he gave five talents to another two to another one making the distribution in proportion to the capacity of each let us say then…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:425…called his own servants and delivered to them his goods and to one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to every man according to his ability and straightway departed but he…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1119…called his own servants and delivered to them his goods and to one he gave five talents to another two and to another one to each according to his own ability and immediately he went abroad…
16Matt 25:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1703…to his own power and he went abroad immediately but he who had received the five talents went and worked in them and gained another five talents likewise he who had received two gained another two…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…be found to have suffered loss even for an idle word and he that had received the five talents coming offered other five saying 'lord thou didst deliver five talents to me behold i have gained…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…every man according to his several ability and straightway took his journey then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made them other five talents and likewise he that…
Ammonius of Alexandria fl. c. 500PG 85:1385…thus will always be with the lord h chapter xxv h and he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and gained other five and in like manner he that had…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:425…every man according to his ability and straightway departed but he who had received the five talents went and worked with them and made another five talents and likewise he who had received the two gained…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:765A…woman with the issue of blood (V, 25). Mt. 16. Lk. 26. 14. Regarding the sending of the twelve (VI, 6). Mt. 19. Lk. 27. 15. Regarding John and Herod (VI, 14). Mt. 25. 16. Regarding the five loaves and two fish…
17Matt 25:17
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…went and traded with the same and made them other five talents and likewise he that had received two he also gained other two b matth xxv and a little later for unto every one that…
PG 33 (anthology)PG 33:1249A…unced by a divine oracle of the New Testament: 'Become approved money-changers.' Some person, having ascertained this, added it to the margin of their codex at Matt. XXV, 17 and Luke XIX, 23, where he saw that a m…
18Matt 25:18
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:547A…a Christian sees a Christian performing alms, it is not against Christ's precept, since both are on the right. See Notes to Const. ap., lib. III, c. 14. Ad Matth. xxv, 18. He who has properly completed his min…
19Matt 25:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…putting him to death we say this however because it is said after a long time the lord of those servants came and observe in this place that they do not go to the lord to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939…this same thing does not without reason inquire because what he says after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them does not speak of the second coming when he is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:425…and dug in the earth and hid the money of his lord after a long time the lord of those servants comes and settles accounts with them having said above that you do not know the…
20Matt 25:20
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:131B…s man indeed renders the interest, and says: "You gave me a mina; behold, I have made ten minas" (Lk. xix, 16). "You gave me five talents; behold, I have ten" (Mt. xxv, 20). But the sinner spends everything. It…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1151D…. 13. For there shall no longer be an adversary to him. 14. His heart is always prepared to please God. 15. His heart is perfected [established] in God. 6 Matth. xxv, 20. 7 ibid. 21. Addenda and Corrigenda fr…
21Matt 25:21
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:1013A…ng him thus: Well done, good and faithful servant; because you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord (Matt. xxv, 21). Whose body is interred in the aforeme…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:951…also thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace and likewise well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many enter thou…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:967…lord says b well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many but let us look briefly at these things from the prior reading…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:459…the clouds that they rain no rain upon it b well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many enter into the joy of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…his lord said to him 'well done good and faithful servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things i will place thee over many things enter thou into the joy of thy lord '…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:841…also preserved the saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1189…himself too may hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many similarly also the widow if she remains in prayers and supplications night…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1227…from these laws when he is told by the lord well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will place thee over many things it must be known however…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:953…wise steward and again well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many by these things indeed he clearly manifests that the faith he desires…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1367…hear himself addressed well done good and faithful servant since you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord we too must strive always indeed…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1373…those who had gained saying well done good and faithful servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter into the joy of thy lord and rightly…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1151…says to him well done good and faithful servant because you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord d for there shall no longer…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:523…deign to say to us also well done good and faithful servants thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter into the kingdom prepared for you c god…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1069…that most desirable voice 'well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord ' d then this sentence…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1091…of the lord saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord to him be glory and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1445…the voice saying well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord and the subscription may the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1497B…19). For she had indeed heard such a voice: "Well done, good and faithful servant; because you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many" (Matth. xxv, 21, 23). Although this statement refers to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:731…things are returned by just judgment h chapter iv h well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many enter thou into the joy of…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1239…voice of the lord saying d well done good servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:141…they who shall hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many things similarly those who have grieved the holy spirit by the wickedness…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1611D…emplate joy, the joy of those who are friends of virtue and piety is contemplated, so that each of them may be able to hear, “Enter into the joy of your lord” (Matth. xxv, 21, 23). Of those who thus have their gaze…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:781…shall hear that word well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many likewise those who have grieved the holy spirit by the wickedness of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:77D…e much-suffering flesh—as from a dilapidated lodging that threatens collapse—having bent his ear toward the One saying, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt. 25:21), to hear the rest as well. Let the den…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:463D…so? Because, even if the yield was not the same, the readiness was the same. Wherefore both obtained the same honor, hearing: Enter into the joy of your Lord (Matt. 25.21). What then of Isaac? He was not, indee…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:941…hear that blessed voice well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord may we all attain to this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:793B…done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25:21). To Him be the glory and the power, un…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:315C…For you will hear, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord (Matth. 25. 21). Observing these things, let us look u…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:375D…what does he say? "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your lord." (Matt. xxv, 21). Because, he says, you have shown a gr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:377…hear on that day well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many but that you will do this i am deeply persuaded for i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:379…hear on that day well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many but that you will do this i am fully persuaded for i see…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:609…said to the one well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many so also to the one who offered the two he says well…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:689…ever enters into the kingdom becomes a participant of the kingdom with Christ, just as is said elsewhere to the good servant: "Enter into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25.21): this is, that you may rejoice togethe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:935…master said to him well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your master they are very few things if…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:307B…rouses those who are to punish. And again: "Well done, good and faithful servant, because you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many" (Matt. XXV, 21). To this one, He Himself offers a bles…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:611…afterward you will hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over much let the patience of job come to your mind who was struck…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:929D…ightly. For he says: Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord (Matt. xxv, 21–23).…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:589…cries out and says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord a for he will indeed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1293…: "Enter into the joy of your Lord 79." She prays, finally, that He may cast out the wicked: "Flee," she says, "and come to the saints." (1) 78 John V, 22. 79 Matt. XXV, 21. (1) See in all these fragments of Cyr…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1367…our savior christ who is the savior of all saying well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter thou into the joy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:749D…aising the diligent and faithful servant with these words: “You have been faithful in a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord” (Matt XXV, 21). But if, He says, having put aside b…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:475…according to that saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord c another for he himself…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:445D…ing taught that those who had fallen ill with the Egyptian error, and who had wandered far and wide into sin, by means of the reverence due to the Divinity, ⟦8 Matth. xxv, 21. 9 Matth. xx, 13, 14. 10 Ephes. v, 14.…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:851…hear in due time well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1505…freedom for he says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord but that servant is not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1375A…"Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many; enter thou into the joy of thy lord" (Matth. XXV, 21). CXLV. To the monks in Constantino…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:673…as a faithful servant 'well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over much enter into the joy of your lord ' b the companions of…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:767…day of retribution 'well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord ' when dionysius had received…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1509…hear from him this well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord but the faithless man and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2653…whose righteousness he who performs will exult when he hears well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many enter into the joy of thy…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:157…this you shall hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many let the patience of job come to your mind who was turned…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2295…to hear those words well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many and thus he became illustrious so that he who was like a…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1549…strive to hear this well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord to him be glory forever…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:445…god hearing the voice well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord with whom to the father…
Thalassius of Libya fl. c. 630-650PG 91:1477…to whom he said well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord those who are truly christians…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:531…may hear this voice well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord to whom be glory and…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:559…may deserve to hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i shall set you over many…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1463…may hear from him well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord matt xxv and may it…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:169…himself and receiving that well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord matt xxv such then are…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:427…lord said to him well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord and he who had received the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:763…they who will hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many likewise those who have grieved the holy spirit by the wickedness of…
George Kodinos fl. c. 1453–1460PG 157:905…recompense to him according to the words of the lord you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many consequently he established him as lord of his household and of all the…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:371…e Spirit bloweth where he listeth" (John III, 8). And then, if you be made worthy, it will be allowed you to hear: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" (Matt. XXV, 21), when you are found having no impurity…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:427…of you to hear well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord for now you stand outside the…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:875…deserve to hear well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord xv you also c superiors…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:975…all things for he shall hear that joyful voice because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many things enter into the joy of your lord h section twenty concerning…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1197…of the lord well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord but those who desire to…
22Matt 25:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:935…to come which shall be revealed in us rom and he who had received two talents came and said lord you delivered two talents to me behold i have gained two others and if he is…
23Matt 25:23
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:1013…of august with the reward of all the saints calling him thus well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:951…hath made thee whole go in peace and likewise well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many enter thou into the joy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:967…himself be like the praiseworthy aioth of whom the lord says b well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many but let us…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:459…will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it b well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many enter into the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…his lord said to him 'well done good and faithful servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things i will place thee over many things enter thou into the joy of thy lord '…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:841…such things are to be said there is also preserved the saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1189…illustrates the ministry of his episcopacy that he himself too may hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many similarly also the widow…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1227…god even from these laws when he is told by the lord well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will place thee over many things it must be…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:953…with both who then is the faithful and wise steward and again well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many by these things indeed…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1367…that doubling the grace attributed to him he might hear himself addressed well done good and faithful servant since you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1373…but on the contrary the lord praises those who had gained saying well done good and faithful servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter into…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1151…is filled with joy and shall exult for the lord says to him well done good and faithful servant because you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:523…deign to say to us also well done good and faithful servants thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter into the kingdom prepared for you c god…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1069…that most desirable voice 'well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord ' d then this sentence…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1091…that we may hear that most desired voice of the lord saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1445…to stand before the eternal judge and to hear the voice saying well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1497…ps xc luc x for she had indeed heard such a voice well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many matth xxv although…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:731B…⟧Chapter IV Well done, good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many: enter thou into the joy of thy lord (Matt. xxv, 23). And after a few words interposed: For…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1239…voice of the lord saying d well done good servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:141…which they received pure and intact these are they who shall hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many things similarly those who…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:781…holy spirit which they received whole and undefiled shall hear that word well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many likewise those who have…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:941…by god we may each be able to hear that blessed voice well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:431B…eseech you, let us not sow our seed as if upon a rock. We are the agriculture of Christ, from whom let us hear, "Well done, good servant, enter into my house" (Matt. 25:23), lest perhaps in place of that voice i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:793…we all be deemed worthy of that blessed voice well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:315…those praises that transcend all words and thought for you shall hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:375…abundant the loving kindness of the master for what does he say well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:377…for if you do this you too will hear on that day well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many but that you will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:379…for if you do this you too will hear on that day well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many but that you will do…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:609…enjoyed the same rewards for just as he said to the one well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many so also to the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:935…but the grace of god with me cor his master said to him well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:307…like a judge who rouses those who are to punish and again well done good and faithful servant because you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many matt xxv to this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:611…will refresh you twofold in this life and afterward you will hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over much let the patience of…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:929…freedom upon those who serve him faithfully and uprightly for he says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:35…and faithful, enter into the joy of your Lord? (Matt. xxv, 23.) These things apply to him who also pr…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:589…the most faithful servants of god when christ cries out and says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1367…shall hear our savior christ who is the savior of all saying well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many things enter thou into…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:475…him and fills them with every good hope according to that saying well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:445…heard indeed well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many things enter into the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:851…we shall as servants who are not degenerate hear in due time well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1505…those who serve him well he freely bestows freedom for he says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1375…just judge you may hear the most desirable voice well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will make thee ruler over many enter thou into the joy…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:673…as a faithful servant 'well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over much enter into the joy of your lord ' b the companions of…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:767…day of retribution 'well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of your lord ' when dionysius had received…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1509…are beyond the intellect entrusted to him will hear from him this well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2653…gospel itself whose righteousness he who performs will exult when he hears well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things i will set thee over many enter into the joy…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:157…you here in a twofold way and after this you shall hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many let the patience of…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2295…name is better than much wealth he deserved to hear those words well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many and thus he became…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1549…and gnashing of teeth but let us rather strive to hear this well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:445…the reward for keeping them the glory from god hearing the voice well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Thalassius of Libya fl. c. 630-650PG 91:1477…have well kept the ministries entrusted to them to whom he said well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:531…let us hasten to act so that we may hear this voice well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:559…your life and so please god that you may deserve to hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i shall set you over many…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1463C…may hear from Him: "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. xxv, 23). And may it be granted to you to hear…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:169C…nd receiving that, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things; I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. XXV, 23). Such then are the gifts and the works…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:427…i have gained five other talents besides them his lord said to him well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:763…which they received pure and unimpaired these are they who will hear well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many likewise those who have…
George Kodinos fl. c. 1453–1460PG 157:905…recompense to him according to the words of the lord you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many consequently he established him as lord of his household and of all the…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:427…wedding garment but may it be for all of you to hear well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the joy of…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:875…when the times of refreshing have come we may deserve to hear well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:975…all things for he shall hear that joyful voice because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many things enter into the joy of your lord h section twenty concerning…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1197…a rational sheep and shall hear that pleasant voice of the lord well done good and faithful servant because you have been faithful over a few things i will set you over many enter into the…
24Matt 25:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…may use it all for the glory of god but he that had received the one talent came and said 'lord i know that thou art a hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sown…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:685…or that wretched man was not benefited one bit by not diminishing the talent, but he was even destroyed by not having increased it and brought it back doubled (Matt. 25:24). Nevertheless, I think my punishment w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:267…st like that servant who had been entrusted with the talent, and instead of [the return of] the talent, brought forth an accusation: "That you are a hard man" (Matth. 25. 24). For it was necessary to groan because…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:317C…satisfied with his sin, but he also introduces an accusation against the Master: reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered (Matt. 25. 24). O wicked servant! Thus, in the presen…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:935…is in our power if we will and he who had received one talent came and said lord i know that you are a hard man reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939…into the kingdom furthermore as to what he says but he that had received the one talent came and said i knew that thou art a hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sown and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…with one brought that alone and being accused he says i knew that thou art an hard man reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not strawed and i was afraid and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:209B…at when the profit does not overflow to others; and the one who brought the talent intact, and was cut in two because he did not increase it, makes this clear (Matt. XXV, 24-30). Therefore, brother, even if you remai…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:853…who impudently said to his master i knew that thou art a hard man reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered and being afraid i hid thy talent in the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:427…over many enter into the joy of your lord and he who had received the one talent came and said lord i knew that you are a hard man reaping where you have not sown and…
25Matt 25:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…sown and gatherest where thou hast not strewed and being afraid i went and hid thy talent in the earth behold here thou hast that which is thine ' and his lord answering said to him…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…sown and gathering where thou hast not strawed and i was afraid and hid thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast that is thine his lord answered and said unto him thou wicked and…
26Matt 25:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1675…ὀκνηρέ. These words do not exist in the cited passage, Matthew XVIII, 32; but are transferred here by Origen from a similar passage (as is habitual), Matthew XXV, 26: where, however, they could have more correctly been omitte…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…which is thine ' and his lord answering said to him 'wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that i reap where i sow not and gather where i have not strewed thou oughtest therefore to have…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1131B…ce. That sloth, when joined to wickedness, condemns the slothful person is evident from the words of the Lord, who said: You wicked and slothful servant [Matt. XXV, 26]. QUESTION LXX. How is one to be treat…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1779D…unded if we show no gains of the Lord's money committed to us, and that sad and terrible voice might not follow us, saying, Thou wicked and slothful servant ⟦Matth. XXV, 26⟧. If, therefore, any merchandise has be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:293…who buried the talent: “Wicked servant, you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and I, having come, would have demanded it back with interest” (Matt. 25: 26, 27); and concerning the Jews: “If I ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:937…to do what he understands and his lord answering said to him wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that i reap where i sow not and gather where i have not strewed and coming i would…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast that is thine his lord answered and said unto him thou wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that i reap where i sowed not and gather where…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1263…52, 387, 64, 67, 152. 5, 21. IV, 387. 5, 24. IV, 248. 5, 26. IV, 241. 5, 28. IV, 445, 1004. 5, 29. II, 895. (With the addition of the word kolasin, from Matt. 25, 26). IV, 445, 1004. 5, 43. I, 1433. II, 1…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1297D…is the companion of sloth, the sign of which is idleness, or vice versa; sloth is the generator of malice, as the Lord said: “You wicked and slothful servant” (Matt. xxv, 26). Malice, moreover, is the parent of un…
27Matt 25:27
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:687…it was uttered by a divine oracle of the New Testament: "Become approved money-changers." Someone, finding it, noted it in the margin of his codex at Matthew XXV, 27, and Luke XIX, 23, where he saw a mention made of money-cha…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:233A…the Gentiles, and those who hear the Lord saying: It was your duty to put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received it with interest [Matt. xxv, 27; Luke xix, 23], we shall not hoard the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:459…the saying is also preserved thou wicked and slothful servant thou oughtest to have put my money to the bankers for thus will the things justly said be preserved only in this way to those on…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1707…strewed thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers at my coming i should have received my own with usury ' it seems to me that he who received the one talent was…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:333…uses these for business in obedience to him who said you ought to have put my money to the bankers the oracles of the lord are pure oracles silver purified by fire proven on the earth…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1385…rebukes as a waster b saying you wicked servant ought you not to have put my money to the bankers and at my coming i should have received what is mine with interest take therefore the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:385…nothing from his talent: "For you ought," He says, "to have deposited my money with the bankers; and I, coming, would have claimed it with interest" (Matt. XXV, 27). Let us be persuaded, therefore, by Him who gives this adv…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1059D…provided usury; and usury is obedience and the execution of God's commandments, as the Lord says: "And I coming, would have received what is mine with usury" (Matt. 25:27). What, therefore, have you gathered, b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:325D…ses even to demand interest: Why, therefore, did you not give my money to the bankers, and I, having come, would have demanded it with interest? (Luke 19:23; Matt. 25:27). I say these things not as though God…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:703A…iritual song to you, to pour balm on the wounds, so that on that day I might not hear, "Wicked servant, you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers" (Matt. 25:27). "With my voice I cried out to the Lor…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:107D…om the talent was entrusted, he was not accused because he did not bring five talents, but because he buried the one that he had received, he paid the penalty (Matt. XXV, 27). For the thing sought by God and among…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:937…thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers and at my coming i should have received my own with usury some think that these three are all teachers but that they had differing…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…reap where i sowed not and gather where i have not strawed thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming i should have received mine own with usury…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:667C…names of the books? Yet we must not therefore withdraw from the study of such things: For you ought, he says, to have deposited the money with the bankers (Matt. 25:27). Wherefore, even if there is no one wh…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1253…said parabolically by the lord thou slothful and sluggish servant thou oughtest to have put my money to the bankers and i coming would have demanded it with interest let us therefore arise i entreat you…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1545B…o the servants, of which he who had received only one, and had hidden it in the earth, was cast into the outer darkness. For it was necessary, the Lord said in Matt. xxv, 27, to have committed the money to the ban…
Tarasius of Constantinople c. 730-806PG 98:1385D…y the debt with interest, yet in that I am exercising the principal, and taking care that nothing be detracted from it, I shall in some part be acceptable (Matt. 25:27). CHAPTER I The integrity of…
Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:851…servant you ought to have invested my money with the bankers and at my coming i should have received back what is mine with interest because of this necessity david struck with fear said behold i…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1181…his fearful condemnation for you ought he says wicked and slothful servant to have put my money to the bankers and at my coming i would have received my own with interest by money i would…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:97A…ney together with the interest. "For you ought," He says, "to have put my money to the bankers, and I, having come, would have demanded it back with interest" (Matt. 25. 27). Oh, the great and ineffable loving-ki…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:99C…cease to use it, although henceforth I am innocent of others' negligence: "For it was necessary," he says, "for you to commit my money to the money-changers" (Matt. XXV, 27). I committed the money, and I am not l…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:173…id, "See, you have what is yours"—but this did not suffice for him as an excuse. "For you ought," He says, "to have deposited what was given with the bankers" (Matt. 25:27). And notice with me how light are the…
28Matt 25:28
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…on a candlestick that they which enter in may see the light take therefore the talent from him and let it be given unto him which hath ten talents you see that the talent is taken…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1713…and doing such is that which he says in luke take away the talent from him and give it to him who has ten for everyone who has to him it shall be added but he…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1175…dogs nor cast my pearls before swine and again take he says the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1371…my coming i might have received what is my own take away therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents therefore it was just…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1385…at my coming i should have received what is mine with interest take therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents for to everyone that has shall be given and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:779C…threatens that He will take away from the wicked servant at the consummation of the world, and give to those who had traded excellently with the five talents (cf. Matth. XXV, 28)? ANSWER. Some say it is the Holy Spi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939…and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper ps take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it to him that hath ten talents for to every one that hath shall be given and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…then at my coming i should have received mine own with usury take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him which hath ten talents for unto every one that hath shall be given…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:167…and coming i would have received my own with usury take away therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents for to every one that has shall be given and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:427…my coming i would have received back what is mine with interest take therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents for to everyone who has will be given…
29Matt 25:29
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1349…for ever he will increase the fruits of your justice to him that hath shall be given and he shall abound etc secondly let us grant to the centuriators that irenaeus said the fathers were sanctified…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:243…our hearts and for this reason it is perhaps said because to every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance whence it is evident that for those who have a certain deforming…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:203…it is also called a fountain for to him who has it shall be given and he shall have abundance d now indeed scripture speaks of the garden simply in another place however as of another…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…it more slothfully and give it to him who has multiplied it for unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that hath not even that which he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1715…faithful and we understand fulfilled in them what is written to everyone that hath shall be given and he shall abound but from him that hath not that also which he seemeth to have shall be…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:757D…among men, and have been bathed with the baptism of Jesus, and have had their feet washed by him, the Holy Spirit can also dwell. (10) John xiii, 10. (11) Matt. xxv, 29. I shall begin, and endure even to be…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1385…it to him who has ten talents for to everyone that has shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that has not even that which he has shall be taken away and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:731…thy lord matt xxv and after a few words interposed for to every one that hath shall be given and he shall abound but from him that hath not that also which he seemeth to have…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…but to them it is not given for whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall have abundance but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that which he hath therefore…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939…him and give it to him that hath ten talents for to every one that hath shall be given and he shall abound a sinner who acknowledges christ has this very grace that he knows christ…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…talent from him and give it unto him which hath ten talents for unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that hath not shall be taken away…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:939C…declare my justices, and take my covenant by your mouth?" (Ps. 49:16). He commands, therefore, that those things which he seems to have be taken away from him (Matth. 25:29). For this man seems to have faith (for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:873…any portion with christ for to him that has he says it shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that has not even that which he seems to have shall be taken…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1035…for it was he who said both these things and those to every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance but whoever as is proper holds the old testament to him the…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1533…lord says hear me and understand for to him who has it shall be given and he shall have abundance but to him who does not have even what he seems to have shall be taken…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:785…leads us to the truth itself for to him who has it shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him who has not even that which he thinks he has shall be taken…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:685…long winded of the remainder to him who has he says it shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him who has not even that which he seems to have shall be taken…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:329…have shall be taken away from him for to him that has shall be given and he shall have abundance because of the grace which is immense inexhaustible superabundant and which cannot be diminished or consumed…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:303D…y strength from the sinful people and power from the robust; but He confers strength upon him who works justice. For "to everyone who has, more will be given" (Matt. XXV, 29). Furthermore, he who has been strength…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1125…of famine and the sister of theft to everyone who has it shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him who has not even what he seems to have shall be taken away…
30Matt 25:30
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1099…the kingdom of heaven but the children of the kingdom shall go into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth a if therefore those who through the proclamation of the apostles believe in…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1003C…he nuptial feast not wearing a wedding garment [Matth. xxii, 13]; and the wicked and slothful servant who had hidden the talent entrusted to him in the ground [Matth. xxv, 30]. To which is added Treatise XXXIII on…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:791…that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath and cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth ibid h rule lix h that a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1007D…r equals and did not obtain it (Matt. 25:8-9), and he who had buried his talent in the earth, after he had brought forth much excuse, was in the end condemned (Matt. 25:30). Likewise, those who had not fed him w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:901…that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath and cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth p col ' line but here on…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:701…bind their hands and feet take them and cast them into the outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth matt oh how much we shall then weep my brethren and lament and wail…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:41D…et sinners be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God (Ps. IX, 18)? Woe is me, what a place is that, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matth. XXV, 30), which is called Tartarus, which even…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:387…his hands and feet take him away and cast him into the outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for many are called but few are chosen the entrance into the marriage feast…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:909…i mean those of the jewish people shall be cast into the outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth they shall be cast out he says from the kingdom they shall be pushed…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:523…the dwelling and company of those rejoicing and cast him into the outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for he is justly bound hand and foot who in this world is constricted…
31Matt 25:31
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:943…the evangelist matthew say or rather the lord himself in the gospel when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1321…through a glass and in a riddle yet in the other regeneration when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory b everyone who has attained to that regeneration which is in…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1375…say unto you that ye who have followed me in the regeneration when the son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory and the rest and from henceforth ye shall see the son…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1711…no one to illuminate them since they are outside the whole world when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the angels with him then he shall sit upon the throne of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:991…be understood as that of which the savior speaks in the gospel when the son of man shall come in the glory of his father and of the holy angels but since he said of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:433…comes in the glory of his father with his angels and shall sit upon the throne of his glory judging the living and the dead for then all shall worship him for the sake of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:521…glory the savior teaches these things more clearly in the gospels saying when the son of man shall come in the glory of his father and all his holy angels with him and he shall gather…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:525…ageless and unending as our savior himself teaches concerning himself saying and when the son of man shall come in his majesty and all the angels with him then shall he sit upon the seat of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1039…the end of the ages through which he taught these things saying when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:965…tomb shall rise again as if reborn according to the divine saying when the son of man shall come in the regeneration of our resurrection indicating by this the time matt xix h dialogue ii h…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1109…also called the body of his glory and the lord also says when the son of man shall come he calls the son of god who has become the son of man the judge of the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1205C…ritten: “Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. i, 24), and how does the Son say: “When the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father” (Matt. xxv, 31)? Maced. Does the Father have His own g…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1207…there is one glory he says in another place in the gospel when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the angels with him then he shall sit on the throne of…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1303…for me in your mind the final end of our common life when the son of man shall come in his glory for he shall come and he shall not be silent d that is when…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1535…conformed to the body of his glory and have been made to sit upon the throne of his glory shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of israel for the whole life of the…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1621…time for the former shall be when the king having come shall sit upon the throne of his glory which has justice as its basis even as he said before in the psalm he hath established…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:369…father but in the glory of the son having written thus but when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he shall sit upon the throne…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:429…equal in dignity to the glory of the father and in matthew when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him and again john confirming that he is…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:941…is the same for him and for the father spoke thus but when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the angels with him h chapter xxvii h but it is entirely…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769B…her, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink" (Matt. 25:31-35). And to those on the left He will say:…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:267…no cause left to accuse the master for this reason he says the son of man shall come in the glory of his father matth see the equality of the glory he did not say in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:787…restore the kingdom of israel acts since he had said to them when the son of man shall come in his glory they said to him if in this time they wanted to learn whether the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:425…another isa hear how the savior himself conversing with the apostles says when the son of man shall come in the glory of his father mark though he had said before that my glory i will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:437A…ven is holy: "For He will hear him from His holy heaven" (Ps. XIX, 7). The angels are holy: "When the Son of man shall come in His glory with His holy angels" (Matt. XXV, 31). The earth that has the worship [144]…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:451…does david say this alone or the savior too hear him saying when the son of man shall come in his majesty he will send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice and they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:453…that as we were born here we shall be born again says when the son of man shall come in the regeneration matt the moon guarantees the resurrection do you see me it says hidden and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:813…say to you that you who have followed me in the regeneration when the son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:919…to save it luke but concerning the second he says thus for the son of man shall come in the majesty of his father and then shall he render to every man according to his works…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:939…reckon with his servants matt now another parable goes like this but when the son of man shall come in his majesty and all the angels with him then shall he sit upon the seat of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:941…into the exterior darkness homily liv from chapter xxv c when however the son of man shall come in his majesty and all the angels with him then shall he sit upon the seat of his…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:611…shall judge but regarding these he does not speak simply but how when the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory then ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones he says signifying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:717…h homily lxxix h a when however the son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he will sit upon his glorious throne and will separate the sheep from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:161D…lory of his Father, he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. And they shall go, some into life, and others into eternal punishment (Matth. 25:31, 33). Although the first coming was als…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:741…says the son of man comes in the glory of his father and all the holy angels with him then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:719A…to me, give me a term for the repayment, set a deadline. When and where will you pay back the debt? When the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory (Matt. 25:31), and shall set the sheep indeed on the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:41…sun and moon shall be darkened and shall not give their light when the son of man shall appear and shall descend from the heavens to the earth and the powers of the heavens shall be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:535…earth could signify to divide which the savior will teach clearly saying when the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory he shall set the sheep on the right hand but the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1349…seen from what christ said for speaking to the apostles he says when the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory then you also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:57…from life and he shall indeed descend from heaven and he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and he will render to each according to his works but if one should wish to understand…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:353…and closest friends at the time of the acquisition when christ shall sit upon the throne of his glory with angels as his bodyguard and he shall place the sheep on the right but the goats…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:423…them and whose sins you shall retain they are retained xvi for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father he calls the transfiguration and transformation of our nature glory which shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:449…shall be a more abundant bestowal of gifts a h xxv but when the son of man shall come in his glory h how then will he come in what guise will he be present assuredly…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:461B…rds upon those who hold the right hand place, saying, "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." ⟦Matth. XXV, 31 seqq.⟧ If, therefore, when God is about…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:647A…Matt. xxv, 31-34. Then shall he sit upon the throne of h…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:971…or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his holy angels and then he shall reward every man according…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:277…the son of man will do for then he says he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him do you see how when david says to god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1229…says and we shall all be set before christ for he shall sit upon the throne of his glory judging the world in righteousness since therefore david calls god the judge it follows absolutely that christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1267…is christ the son of david according to the flesh not god when the son of man shall come in his majesty and all the angels with him then he shall sit upon the seat of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:207…a sheep and for this reason our lord jesus christ also said when the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:311…for there is no other god besides him christ said to us when the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with the holy angels and as the son of man is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:727…of time as we believe with the holy angels and he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and shall render to each according to his works let us therefore celebrate the festival now that…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2341…to each according to his works as he used to say for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father and will render to every man according to his works matt xvi…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2711…that are saved which he states more clearly in the gospels saying when the son of man shall come in the glory of his father and all the angels with him then he shall sit upon…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:423…this or does the saviour also hear then the lord saying this when the son of man shall come he shall send his angels with a great trumpet's voice and they shall gather together his elect…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:885…and eternal christ and our savior makes it clear where he says when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1141…into heaven c but also the gospel of our salvation says thus when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him so that from this it is consequently…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1179…shine as the sun in the kingdom of their father matth xvi the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels and then will he render to every man according…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:931…a disciple he shall not lose his reward and again he says when the son of man shall come in the…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:933…a glory of his father and all his holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his majesty and all nations shall be gathered together before him and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:429…to have it for he has darkened it through his negligence c when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he shall sit on the throne…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1061…a and glory and shall sit upon the throne of his glory he shall render to everyone according to his works vers and it came to pass ten minas…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:935…as the lord having angels and heavenly spirits who serve him for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels behold he again calls the heavenly spirits his angels…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:23…edition on page line and it is there homily on the text when the son of man shall come in his glory pronounced on the sunday of carnival it begins it is there homily on the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:33…goodness always now and unto the endless ages amen of the debt when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:39…of the prodigal homily of the same on that passage of matthew when the son of man shall come homily of the same on that passage the lord said if everyone does not forgive his brother…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:41…to the savior today let us contemplate it intellectually which or prelude when the son of man shall come in his glory m m when the master was calling to his own divine court when the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:441…the ages of ages amen h homily xviii h on the text when the son of man shall come in his glory and the rest what those who gaze down from some high mountain peak into…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:461…the ages of ages amen h homily xviii h on the text when the son of man shall come in his glory and so forth what happens to those who look down from some high mountain…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:875…jesus said to them you who have followed me in the regeneration when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory you shall also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:53…according to the voice of the gospel read today for it says when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him for in his former coming the glory…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:425…after that on which the lord teaching his own disciples said that the son of man shall come in the glory of his father and added saying there be some of them that stand here which…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:421…agrees with the lord's words saying when the son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him d…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:423…then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory and all the nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them as a shepherd…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:495…indeed it is also written in the gospels that christ himself said when the son of man shall come in the clouds of heaven in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:637…and the books were opened a and the rest dan vii therefore the son of man shall come in his glory with his angels and all who have been from the creation of the world shall…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:811…because he is the son of man wonder not at this and when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his majesty against those who impiously dream that the lord could not suffer…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1323…has been given to me in heaven and on earth and again when the son of man shall come in his glory would you say these things are not true by no means by no means…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:1009…with glory upon the clouds and then shall the son of man sit upon the throne of his glory and all the nations shall be gathered before him the acts who did eat and drink with…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:903A…same things after being baptized; for the former are wiped away. XXIV. But when, he says, the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him (Matth. xxv, 31). See, O man, before how many witnesses…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:423…and what does he command his people to do the lord says when the son of man shall come in his majesty and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne…
32Matt 25:32
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:943…throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he shall place the sheep on…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1039…throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:941…command in advance silently denounces that the judgment is to be then he shall separate them one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats for then men are mixed and not only…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:741…throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats and he sets the sheep on his…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:647…throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:523…a them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he will place the sheep on his right hand but…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:507…images of the invisible and if in the divine gospel we hear and he shall separate them one from another d we ought not immediately to believe that god is the author of this separation from…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:885…throne of his glory and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:933…of his majesty and all nations shall be gathered together before him and he shall separate them one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:917…seat of his majesty and all nations shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats which is the same as that prophetic…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:53…says all the nations of the earth shall be gathered before him and he shall separate them one from another as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats he calls the just sheep because they…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:423…of his majesty and all nations shall be gathered together before him and he shall separate them one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on…
33Matt 25:33
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:943…a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he shall place the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then he shall say to those on his right hand come ye…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:629…living and the dead then when he will station the sheep indeed on his right hand but the goats on his left and will say to those who are on the right come you blessed of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1161…himself as if he were another as in the gospel he says and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left and he shall say to those who are…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1039…one from another as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the king say unto them on…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:947…authority and great power for then the son of god shall sit and he shall set the sheep on the right hand and the goats on the left why then did you seize for yourself such…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:267C…e for those who are conscious of their own good works, it is desirable and pleasing. "And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, and the goats on the left" (Matth. 25. 33). And these and those are humans. Why t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:333…son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory and shall set the sheep on his right and the goats on the left and he shall say to those on the right here attend…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:825…saying when the son of man comes in his majesty he will set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left and will say to those who are on the left depart…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:943…goats are evil by nature and they are altogether unfruitful from age and he shall set the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left when someone is introduced before the presence of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:161…the son shall come in the glory of his father he will set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left and they shall go some into life and others into eternal…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:741…as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats and he sets the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left and he shall say to them on his right hand come ye…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:535…the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory he shall set the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left b therefore instead of divide or separate the inhabitants…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:461…is proclaimed that at the time of his second coming christ will set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on his left and that he will send the workers of iniquity into eternal…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:647…one from another as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the king say unto them on…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:965…as judge and sitting on the throne of his majesty he will set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left b and that he likens the just to sheep but the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:209…and shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand but the goats on the left a and to those on the right inasmuch as they possess the fruits of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:329C…but also for sinners. The Lord compared the company of sinners to kids. "For He shall set," He says, "the lambs on the right hand, and the kids on the left." (Matth. XXV, 33.) And in the law, a kid was offered for…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1335…coming from heaven will make a distinction like a shepherd and will set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then he will say to those on the right come you…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:355…teaches in the holy gospels that he will set the lambs indeed on his right hand but the goats on the left christ the firstfruits that is he rose first afterward they that are christ s…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:163…invisible moreover that he will sit on the throne of glory and set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left implies circumscription eran therefore he was not even uncircumscribed before the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:523…a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he will place the sheep on his right hand but the goats on his left this advent of his was also seen by the divine daniel i…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:707A…our account. For the goat is a type of the wicked, just as a barren one, void of prolific seed. Therefore Christ will place the wicked on the left like goats [cf. Matt. XXV, 33]. Christ was slain for us like a sheep…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:887…a divides the sheep from the goats and he shall place the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left now this may most especially and preeminently be understood de loquela filiorum…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:933…one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the king say to them that…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:429…one another just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left since the first coming of the lord occurred…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:641…the sheep from the goats and will place the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left and those who are workers of iniquity he will send into everlasting fire but to those…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:877…it says one from another and shall set the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left who hearing that he shall set them would surmise a sitting but the thrones and the…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:423…shall separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left and he shall render to all according to…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:495…shall separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand that is the righteous but the goats that is the sinners on the left…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:423…one from another as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right hand for the shepherd considering the gentler portion of the flock assigns the better station…
34Matt 25:34
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:829…their struggle for the lord says somewhere to such saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:363B…be punished forever; and to whomsoever he shall say: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the beginning’ (Matt. xxv, 34); these shall always receive the kingdo…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1061…condemned forever and to those to whom he shall say 'come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from eternity ' these shall always receive the kingdom and make…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:671…one and concerning distribution come he said to me all you blessed inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me to eat i was…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:635…done to himself and ascribes all of it to himself come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:785…of his father and he will say to the saints come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world b but what does he say to the…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:943…but the goats on the left then he shall say to those on his right hand come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world come a…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:945…me as good soldiers desiring to please me the heavenly king come inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world behold my kingdom is made ready behold paradise is opened behold my…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:629…who are on the right come you blessed of my father receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world etc but to those who are on the left he will say go…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:867…to those who have conquered the former and the latter come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but to others he shall say go into…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:459…said be preserved only in this way to those on the right come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and ye…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…poor saying to those who have acted well toward their neighbors b come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat and so…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1713…indeed blessed but not of the father receive the kingdom which was prepared for you from the foundation of the world what stands in the latin as from the foundation of the world in the greek…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1715…might be able to attain worthily the blessing saying to the worthy come ye blessed of my father but the just not having forgotten those things which they did will then answer him saying lord when…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:843…spoken justly to those on the right will be saved come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i hungered and you gave me to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:115…this the saviour says come you who are at my right hand blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you having caught the longing for this he who recites the present psalm sends forth…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:361…needy and poor differently hearing him saying in the gospels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:761…see them with their eyes and he prays for them to see the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:765…is in that inheritance to whom it shall be said come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but if sion is the heavenly city of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1101…those are his ones on the right to whom he said promising come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:265…voice of the saviour which says to those standing on his right come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and the apostle taking his starting…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:917…are to be positioned at his right hand and hear come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world such…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1039…the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the king say unto them on his right hand come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1021…bestowing benefits he nowhere invokes the father for come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world d to the other part depart from me…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:307…to receive a reward for his own deeds will say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world how then or in whom was it prepared…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1441…enrolled with these that he might also hear with them come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world h item from epistle xliv which begins all…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:273…and what is this inheritance if not the kingdom of heaven for come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and so on so that they…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1153…the age of the age the lord shall say to him come blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world c the devil seeing the retribution of the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1239…he is about to say every man he etc my father receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world each such one of and may you see your children's children etc a…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1257…the lord promised that he would say there in the jerusalem above come ye blessed of my father receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world into the endless ages c the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:651C…kingdom prepared for you, because you performed signs and wonders, or because you did some other good thing; but because I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat" (Matth. xxv, 34), and so forth. Likewise with those who…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1081…the heavens with a terrible yet kind voice toward men come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world to him be the glory and the power…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:277…that word appear to you on the day of judgment come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…according to the will of the lord h chapter vi h matthew come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:811…and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven matthew come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1001…the kingdom of heaven on their behalf for he says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for inasmuch as you did it to one…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1009…who has need that we might be judged worthy to hear come blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world d…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1527…time of the recompense through the parable of the shepherd he says come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1613…clearly saying to those who stand on the right hand come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and indicating their good fruits by the things…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1711…lord to whom the king when he comes will say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1751…day of judgment which we spoke of above which says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1157D…r yourself? Oh, of what great value will that word seem to you on the day of judgment: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you!" (Matt. xxv, 34). But again, what horror, and sweat, an…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1191…to that of the martyrs to hear that great voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you in which is the dwelling of all who rejoice and who lead the eternal…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:503…that sweet voice which says to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world whoever understands the same reasoning as applying to…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:753…when the lord says to those who have done good come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and what food and drink are to the body through which nature is preserved…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:807…voice which says to the wool bearing and gentle sheep come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world may we also be deemed worthy of this…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1113A…imus, exempla sunt, de reginis quidem illi, qui ad dextram collocati merentur, ad quos rex ait: Venite, benedicti Patris mei, possidete paratum vobis regnum (Matth. xxv, 34); alterius vero, et inferioris ordinis…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1255C…our own dispositions, providing to us from its own treasury such things as have been committed by us. Come, He says, you blessed; and: Go, you cursed (Matt. 25:34, 41). Is there any external necessity i…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:429…teacher of what is proposed for what does he say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world why it is not because you put on…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1229…us to the kingdom of heaven, Matt. xxv, v. 34, and when he declares who are the blessed, Matt. v, v. 3, h…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:985…and concerning his judgment seat and that most blessed voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you so then we shall learn it by vision and experience now we believe while…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1167…inviting them said come you that are at my right hand you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1227D…and will say: "Thou art He who restores my inheritance to me." Does He not, indeed, restore this to him who says: "Come, inherit the portion prepared for you" (Matth. XXV, 34)? "My portion art Thou in the land of t…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1701…prepared by god for those who love him and the savior says inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world this so called sensible dwelling is not simply called our house but…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1043…matters were not so who then could fulfill that saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:939…teaches us saying come blessed of my father to be heirs of the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for just as he founded the creature then he also prepared the kingdom…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:287A…s both of these when He says to those on the right: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matth. XXV, 34); but to those on the left: "Depart fro…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407A…nd you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me" (Matt. 25:34-36). And in the Beatitudes, He nowhere pla…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769…left and he will say to those on his right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:787C…sed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you," and again: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matth. 25:34, 41). Behold, he inflicts punishment an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1061…voice but to those who have accomplished almsgiving he says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world why because they kept virginity by no means…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:333D…o lent, how the Borrowing One repays with great grace: Come, you blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt. 25. 34 sqq.). For what reasons? Because I was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:35C…ons of the world were laid, just as He Himself says: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world (Matt. 25:34). See the benevolence of the Lord, how…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:49…st: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave me to eat" (Matt. XXV, 34-35). One could find the same thing happening also regarding th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:113A…bringing us into existence, just as He Himself says: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world" [Matt. 25:34], He will much more provide all things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:141…by christ the kingdom is prepared hear him again saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world have you seen for him the unquenchable fire…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:319A…and, hear what He says to those standing on His right: Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt. xxv, 34). Do you see the abundance of His goodn…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:383…those who love him and we will hear from him come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for what reason and why for i was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:449…of their care for those in need for come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for what reason and for what cause for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:601…gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: naked, and you covered me: I was in prison, and you came to me" (Matt. 25:34-36). Moral epilogue. Exhortation to al…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:211…into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil come possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world do you see power everywhere do you see might for he so captured…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:557B…est, a carefree inheritance, a kingdom without succession, to which Christ calls, saying: Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you (Matt. 25: 34). Because the Lord is in the generation…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:561…left and he will say to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for what for i was hungry and you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:467A…e kingdom of heaven was prepared for him. The Savior says: "Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt 25:34). Against the Arians. The differenc…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:769C…t: Come, blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat (Matth. 25. 34-35), etc. For what you did to one of thes…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:943…over for sinners come he says ye blessed of my father possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world since you gave what you could not always possess receive what you may…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:719…he had for them from the beginning for come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world c of how many good things is this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:327C…me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me" (Matt. 25:34-36). That we may therefore hear these word…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…th His own immaculate hands, He will call you, saying: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 25. 34). Come, for I received your toils; I be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:651B…who worship Him on earth; but just as if He had accepted you into friendship today, He invites you and shows you friendship: "Come, you blessed of my Father" (Matt. 25. 34). Here, if you often show favor to some…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:687…ed, that you may be worthy to hear that blessed voice: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. XXV, 34); may it be that we all attain to this,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:307B…r. But when benefits are to be bestowed, He bestows them Himself, He calls out Himself: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you" (Matt. XXV, 34). When there is a need to converse with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:701C…and cheerful and gentle. And what does he say to them? "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 25. 34); not because you acquired much wealth…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:719B…I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger and weak, and naked, and in prison, and you ministered unto me (Matth. 25:34-36). May we all be deemed worthy to obtain…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:741…hand but the goats on the left and he shall say to them on his right hand come ye blessed of my father for you have found the judge to be a debtor do not fear…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:257…voice but rather that most sweet and most desirable one come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for thus we shall both live the blessed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:735D…e said to the women; but also words worthy of the kingdom: "Come, blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matth. 25:34). May it befall us all to attain to thi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:737…the women but also those words worthy of the kingdom come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world may we all attain this by the grace…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:775D…Then the King shall say to those who are on the right: “Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Matt. 25.34, 35). Consider that joy and confidence…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:11C…us all things there; He is the Judge, and He will say: "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 25:34); and again, "Where I am, I want them a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:111A…d He will say: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat" (Matt. 25:34, 35). This is excellent: for it was fit…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:221C…y Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink” (Matt. 25:34, 35). He did not say, “Because you did…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:567C…ome, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink" (Matt. xxv, 34, 35). The living do not differ from the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:769…fire as the rich man did on account of lazarus come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:137…me in; I was naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and in prison, and you visited me." Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt. XXV, 34-36). Let us therefore flee from greed, tha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:217C…Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; and again, Depart from Me into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25.34, 41). Let us not simply hear the words…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:355…voice come you blessed of my father what is better than this inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me to eat i was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:435D…into the fire while others are crowned. "Come," He says, "ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" [Matt. XXV, 34]; and again: "Depart from me into the f…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:719…goats on the left and shall say to those on the right come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world v for what for i was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:721…but to those who have done his commands come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world not because you worked miracles but because i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:41D…ing shall say to those who are on the right with hilarity: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matth. XXV, 34)? Then, my brother, you shall receive t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:433…does not simply repay but repays with many blessings saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world if you lend to a man d there…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:969…pitied a fellow creature worn away by need he says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you how shall he not address with the same words those who took little care…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1285…them firmly upon the rock and proved yourselves approved in the faith come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world a but you were not determined…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1125…which that bright company of saints shall hear christ saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world may it be our lot to attain this…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:365…a of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for they have finished the course and they have…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:719…of their zeal for every good thing as christ says to them come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world c but you observe that david…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:353…shall say to those who shall be on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom b prepared for you from the foundation of the world for then he will elect them that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:363…flame and into the outer darkness but may hear instead come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world verse mementote legis mosi servi mei sicut pr…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:651…for such as these will be praised as christ says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world b v but i tell you there are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:863…gather the sheep to himself and welcome them benignly with these words come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for by the goats is signified…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:265…on the right that is to the holy and good come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for they will be with and reign b…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:919…before the divine tribunal he in whom is the yes come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world every promise of god therefore through christ alone…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:293…lord himself teaching us this very thing most clearly says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world if then the kingdom was prepared by the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:461…rewards upon those who hold the right hand place saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world matth xxv seqq if therefore when god is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:497…works and for that reason receives the beneficent unto himself and says come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and ye…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:647…the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the king say unto them on his right hand come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1411…to speak as judge from his tribunal he will say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for he acknowledges their own manner of probity…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:965…he will show by saying to those who stand on the right come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world to those however on the left…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1233…assured for to those standing at his right hand he will say come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world since therefore he declares that when…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:831A…you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. Amen I say to you," he says, "as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me" (Matth. XXV, 34-36, 40). Do you hear how that nature,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:903C…val to Christ, we shall hear Him saying: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matth. xxv, 34). For the works of the saints are i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1077…kings says with gladness to those on his right hand come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world then we shall enter into the possession of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1079…the sinners are in eternal exile the righteous shall hear come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but the sinners shall hear the depart from…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1279…grant you the kingdom of heaven as a crown saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:121…for which reason he also said regarding the kingdom come c you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world q xxv some say that paradise is in…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:895…piety for we hear christ saying in the holy gospels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and the divine paul says the same the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1325…c says to the lambs standing at the right hand come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world this inheritance the master promised he would give…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1335…left then he will say to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and then to those on the left depart…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1589…the lord himself said to those who believe in him come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world let the jews then show the royal throne…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:213…that i may hear that most desirable voice of yours 'come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you ' and thus b ver flee my beloved and be like a roe or…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1437…just judge shall deliver the kingdom to the saints crying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world which may we all attain by the grace…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:519…punishment and eternal shame and again come you who are blessed by my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the d foundation of the world and blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:763…to the lord christ himself who says in the gospels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world b if before the foundation of the world…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:353…of the lots and inheritances of heaven according to this come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world c and what is this kingdom it is…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1131…heaven; and may we hear from Him that blessed voice, which He will pronounce to the blessed at the end: "Come, inherit the kingdom prepared for you" [Matthew 25:34], so that in this, as in all things, Thy most venerable nam…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1587D…t life, but the right as the future; which indeed shall embrace me, after it has been said to those who are on the right: "Come, you blessed of my Father" ⟦Matth. xxv, 34⟧. Gregory. — He says also elsewhere: "…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1779…of that voice of yours come you who are blessed by my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and so on vers flee my little brother and be like a roe or a young…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2205…not allow the antiquity of this to be unknown when he said come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and hence those words of the…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:975…matt and again he says to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and to those on the left depart from…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:57…to which he will call the righteous at his second coming saying come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world to him be glory forever amen…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:127…with the faithful the lord christ c crying out from on high come ye blessed of my father possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but always erring in their…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:177…and again he will say to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world as if to say prepared from that time…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:281…those who have rightly believed and lived for the lord says again come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and when it was prepared he says having added from the foundation…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:283…he shows this when calling them to himself he says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world regarding the impious however as when he says…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:313C…with them hear that excellent and blessed voice saying: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matth. XXV, 34). To Him be glory unto the ages. Amen.…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:319…heaven, hearing from Him at the consummation: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. xxv, 34). But of the day of the consummation, no one knows, except…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:333…god these shall rightly hear from the lord christ speaking from heaven come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world to him be glory unto the…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:347…prepared for them a city and again from the lord himself saying come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and when was it prepared he…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:425…was prepared for him before paradise as the savior says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world h from the same from the third discourse…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1947…on the left and saying to those on the right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and driving those on the left into the outer darkness and no one able…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1729…those who are merciful and hospitable will say to them come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for i was a stranger and you gathered me i was hungry and you…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1735…himself may receive us also with the others and say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1849…persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven and come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for the son of man shall send forth his angels and he…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:301…iniquity and rather to hear the blessed and desirable one come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world d by the grace and love for mankind…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:303…angel enveloped in a cloud and rainbow and announcing the consummation h come ye blessed of my father possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for his grace and clemency…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:573…who rightly believe and live for again the lord says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and when he says prepared he adds from the foundation of the world moses…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:575…it is as when he calls them to himself saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world concerning the impious however as if they were…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:175C…which will say: Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was a stranger, and ye took me in (Matt. xxv, 34-36), etc. Amen. I beseech you, most holy o…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:885…marriage but are as the angels in the heavens and come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and again in another place to another who…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:603A…may hear that blessed voice of God directed toward us: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" [Matt. xxv, 34]; and let us rejoice as we enjoy those…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:941…of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me food…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:265…heavenly minds is he going to say to the angels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you you who contradict cannot say this but since he has suffered all things for…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:277C…your all-pure Mother, and of your incorporeal and venerable minds, and of all your saints from all ages who have been well-pleasing to you, O Word. Amen. Matth. xxv, 34. VARIE LECTIONES. R. 1, Colb. Regius a…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:637…a thirsting heart the lord will say to us also come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you we who have been called let us clothe ourselves radiantly in a wedding garment…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:577…address the former with this happy and most desired voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but to the latter he will speak that…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:615…obtain the crowns of righteousness and to hear this his triumphant voice come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world to whom be glory and empire…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:133B…ake mention of the kingdom of heaven in the cosmogony, although the Savior says it was prepared for the just from the foundation of the world? (Gen. 1, 1 seqq. Matth. xxv, 34.) Now first edited by J. Hergenroether…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:385…to propose and provide rewards in advance for come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world b therefore paradise also needed whether or not…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:935…those who have contributed only their own resolve come he says you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you d question cxcix coisl ccxxviii taur cxxix edita a montacutio ep ad sergium p…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1265Latin…æstio XV. — Cur Moses in cosmogonia regni cœlorum mentionem non fecit, quamvis Salvator dicat illud a constitutione mundi paratum esse justis. (Gen. i, 1 seq.; Matth. xxv, 34.) 133 Quæstio XVI. — Cur invisibilem te…
Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:105…when he says to those worthy of that blessed voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world c this we have prayed for you and…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:973A…ess the former with that happy and most desired voice: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt. xxv, 34); while to the latter He will speak tha…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1165D…er He will address with that happy and most desired voice: "Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. XXV, 34); to the latter, He will speak that dir…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1315…to god just as the lord promised to the faithful 'come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ' in these was the life of the…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:425…of judgment when christ the redeemer of the world shall say 'come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ' xx c after some days the…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 86:3019…desire at some time to hear that c desirable voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you fed me…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:453D…e future age: "I know not whence you are," but may we rather receive that blessed voice: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you" (Matth. XXV, 34), "for were you hungry and fed me by th…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:933…on the left then shall the king say to them that are on his right hand come ye blessed of my father possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1277…for such as these will be praised when christ says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:875…the blessed voice come my friends receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world for me you have deemed worthy of hospitality food and clothing when i was hungry…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:221…and savior jesus christ has also said in the gospels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and they shall partake of these even more…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:419A…all be for ever. The inheritance of the righteous is the kingdom of heaven. Come, He says, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you (Matt. xxv, 34). But the phrase "for ever" means the s…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:621…according to the anagogical sense the upper one for come he says ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you vers thou shalt add days to the days of the king thou shalt…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:639…were ancestral as if it were a debt as if it were prepared for you from the foundation of the world for before men were created it was prepared for the just god having foreknowledge of…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:407…receive the reward for his own deeds he will say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world how then or in what before we were…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:641…place on the right he will give praises together with rewards saying come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world if therefore god is to bestow…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1215…itself will appear a liar when it pronounced those words come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for that voice of the savior will not be addressed to divided men but…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:435…sitting on the throne of glory is about to say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you since therefore he was convinced that heaven was his inheritance and that by abandoning…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:447…h homily xviii h a come you blessed of my father possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world observe how he makes those on his right hand rejoice in every way…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:455…judge sitting upon the throne of glory is to say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you since therefore he was convinced that heaven was his inheritance and that by abandoning…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:467…h homily xviii h come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world observe how he makes those on the right…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:473…those who introduce one into the inheritance of the kingdom come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world from these words it is proper to reckon…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:477…attain that station on the right and that desirable voice come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you by the grace of the life giving and blessed trinity known and glorified in…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:891…majesty speaking to those who embraced him as the majestic and cornerstone come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you but to those on the left who struck against that stone and…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:919…precepts will grant immortality eternal life and a kingdom he will say come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world but if all fields and all…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1339…and solemn deeds for he will say to the people come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you just as he bestowed the kingdom upon them so also he imparts the blessing…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1345…assembly of both men and angels they shall be heard come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world as with a shield of good pleasure you…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:53…only king will therefore say to those on his right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world d truly the foundation of the world looked…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:339…risen again shall hear from the king of heaven himself come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and thus they shall reign with christ having…
Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 148:1401…since in the h various notes h palamas alludes to matt xxv come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world capperonn the greeks call the sacred…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:857…race when he speaks to those whom he crowns come he says blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you d before the foundation of the world but to those who are tormented he…
Nicholas Cabasilas c. 1322–c. 1391PG 150:397…those at his right hand speaking b to the merciful come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and in another way if one wishes to…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:147…are different as he himself will say at that time come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world the goods of that kingdom says paul are…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1245…and crowns for them will he say to the angels come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you it is not so it is not no one is so foolish as to…
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:63A…ng to the Gospel, He says to His bride from His right: "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matth. XXV, 34). Thus "His right hand shall embrace me…
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:75A…the day of judgment, when the good Shepherd will say: “Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Matt. xxv, 34); and the rest. “Until the day should b…
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:141…on the right hand and as if taking them says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you etc h ccxxvi vers i adjure you o daughters of jerusalem by the strength…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:175…calls the righteous with that gentle and soothing voice saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you b it came to pass that the poor man died there is a two…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:397…an inheritance in the end come you blessed of my father b inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world you daughter of babylon have heard o miserable daughter of babylon and…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:405…what is the inheritance the kingdom of heaven christ says come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you and why is the kingdom of heaven called an inheritance b so that those…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:407…has fed the poor and through the poor christ he himself says come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for what did we do for you that we should be heirs…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:417…christ what is the inheritance the kingdom of the heavens come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you which is she who is abdicated the synagogue and her people cast out the…
Serapion of ThmuisPG 40:937…violated the commandment of god you shall hear those words come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world you who have blamelessly held the thoughts of…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1127…to his right hand come he says blessed of my father possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me to eat and what follows…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:81A…nto the kingdom of heaven, hear Christ himself saying: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matth. 25:34). For what reason? Because you raised t…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:281…hungry christ although they did not put forward virginity heard come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ibid v and very rightly for the one…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:201…we may be deemed worthy to hear the lord saying come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world in the ages of ages amen b the…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:283…is also the power of remuneration did you not yourself say 'come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you' did you not just now cry out 'you shall sit on twelve thrones'…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:307…then the king will say to those at his right come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world what compensation is this invitation for i was…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:423…and the merciful god that holy and blessed voice calling them to his right hand come ye blessed of my father possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world o what…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:287…the angels himself approving of their piety he will say come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you for i was naked and you clothed me by wrapping me in burial linens…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:861…the king will say to those on his right hand come you blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1225…those on his right hand come you blessed of my father possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was hungry and you gave me to eat s basilii eternal…
35Matt 25:35
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1157…the lord says i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to c drink and ye took me in then he adds inasmuch as ye have done it…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:361…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you took me in naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807…cursed into everlasting fire c prepared for the devil and his angels for i was an hungred and ye gave me no meat i was thirsty and ye gave me no drink i was a stranger…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:811…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:917B…, he connects these commandments, so that he transfers the kindness done to one's neighbor unto himself. "For I was hungry," he says, "and you gave me to eat" (Matt. XXV, 35), and so on. Then he adds: "As long as…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1527…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat and so forth and in the gospel according to luke at another time and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1595…works saying for i was hungry and ye gave me no food i was thirsty and ye gave me no drink and so forth indeed many similar things can be found from which it can be…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:155…the moderation of their soul and humility of whom it was said i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink and so forth then he adds that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:39D…h men: and would that it were at least for the hungry and needy! whence it is permitted to gain the blessing of the Lord: I was hungry, and you gave me to eat (Matth. XXV, 35): but for the rich only, so that he may…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769…d give me food i was thirsty and you did not give me drink i was a stranger and you did not take me in do you see the judgment rendered and how he both honors…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:867D…and this observation, hear him exercising judgment: "You saw me hungry," he says, "and you fed me; thirsty, and you gave me drink; naked, and you clothed me" (Matt. 25:35); and he reproaches those on the left w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1061…did not feed me i was thirsty and you did not give me drink i was a stranger and you did not take me in i was naked and you did not clothe me and so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:267C…l, from the offspring, from the milk. What then does He say to them? "I was hungry, and you fed me; naked, and you clothed me; a stranger, and you took me in" (Matth. 25. 35). Again, the opposites to those others;…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:315B…ission of sins; to feed the hungry and to gain boldness on that terrible day and to hear words comparable to a kingdom: I was hungry, and you gave me to eat (Matth. 25. 35)? Could He who gave you such an abundan…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:615D…ind, immediately he becomes a participant in such a gathering, and introduces himself into it. For he is the one who said: "You saw me hungry, and you fed me" (Matt. 25:35). When therefore you hear the poor man…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:619B…ind, straightway He becomes a participant in such a gathering, and introduces Himself into it. For He is the one who said, You saw me hungering and you fed me (Matt. 25:35). When you hear of a poor man, and then…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:159…fed while they are fed, hear what Christ says: "You saw me hungering," He says, "and you fed me; thirsting, and you gave me drink; naked, and you clothed me" (Matt. 25:35-36); and He has given us many ways by whic…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:581A…ed there, how do you speak? 'I saw a poor man hungry, and I fed him.' How does He speak? He does not just say it thus; but how? I was hungry, and you fed me (Matt. 25:35). Leave it to the One who can speak gra…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:53D…hat we may be partakers of their crowns; and so that the flame of hell may be shaken out by the voice of Christ saying, "You saw me hungering, and you fed me" (Matt. 25:35). For this voice will then be present t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1019D…r crowns: and that flame of Gehenna is driven away from us by that voice of Christ which says: "I was hungry and you saw me, and fed me, and gave me to drink" (Matt. 25:35). For this voice, brothers, will be for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…you gave your bread to the needy, I was being satisfied through his belly. For "I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink" (Matt. 25. 35). Such is the joy, therefore, of which…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…8); or whether some have opened churches or hostels throughout the world, they did it for the sake of Him who said: "I was a stranger, and you gathered me in" (Matt. 25. 35); or whether we pursue humility, we pur…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:307D…shall stand with great confidence, and shall hear, in the presence of the whole world, I was hungry and you fed me; I was a stranger and you took me in (Matt. 25:35), and things of this kind; the other, o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:719…for what for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink i was naked and ye covered me vv and why o lord did you not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:721…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you took me in so that even if grace has now withdrawn those things this will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:741C…you give to a poor man, when asked you say, "I saw a poor man hungry, and I fed him." But your Master does not say so, but how? I was hungry and you fed me (Matt. XXV, 35). Therefore, when you sin, do not wait…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:809…ase from the madness of the funeral. For not even when Christ said, "You saw me hungry, and fed me; thirsty, and you gave me drink; naked, and you clothed me" [Matt. 25:35-36], did He add, "And dead, and you buried…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:497…the world for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink how shall he not be god being truly called so by the holy ones receiving…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1671A…however, the plants of the garden make bread for God, according to that word: "I was hungry and you gave me to eat" (Matt. xxv, 35). But the bread of gladness is the bene…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1041D…at labor without effort is without reward and easily dissipated; for crowns are woven in proportion to labors. For that saying of Christ, "You gave me to eat" (Matt. xxv, 35), and what follows, are works and symbo…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1467…om. IX, 18. 429. Saint Peter Chrysologus, who has written so clearly concerning mercy, fasting, and almsgiving, thus rightly explains those words of Matthew XXV, 35: "I was hungry, and you gave me to eat," in sermon 14: "The…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:175…the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was a stranger and ye took me in matt xxv etc amen i beseech you most holy ones that you ask the same…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:941…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you welcomed me i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1473D…f alms you do for all who are in need, Christ claims for himself. For he says, "I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink" (Matt. xxv, 35). The beauty of wealth is not in purse…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you took me in i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:469…these things for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:55…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you welcomed me i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited…
Anonymous (2nd century) 2nd centuryPG 5:1395D…him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise (Luke 3:11). And: For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; and I was naked, and you clothed me (Matt. 25:35-36). And: When you do an act of mercy, le…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:631A…your own management, you impiously shift the blame onto the Creator. A man may even attain righteousness through money. "I was hungry, and you gave me to eat" (Matth. XXV, 35)—beyond a doubt, by means of money. "I…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:81…hungry he says and you fed me i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you took me in naked and you clothed me ibid v nowhere are there wonders but…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:339D…ough him. For so that we might not have regard for the dignity of those who are affected by benefits, hear what He says: "You saw me hungering and you fed me" ⟦Matt. XXV, 35⟧. Then, when they said to Him, "When di…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:307…was hungry and you gave me food i was thirsty and you gave me drink i was a stranger and you welcomed me i was naked and you clothed me b for what you provide to…
36Matt 25:36
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:829…i was a stranger and you took me in naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me then the righteous will answer him…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:671…a stranger and you gathered me in i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me and when c did we do…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:635…a stranger and you took me in i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me then the righteous will answer him…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:361…i was a stranger and you took me in naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me to which he adds as long…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:689A…se of this commandment we assist with diligence the One who said: "I was naked and you clothed me; I was hungry and you fed me; I was sick and you visited me" (Matth. xxv, 36). He simulates the observance of th…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…gave me drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick and ye visited me i was in prison and ye came unto me and after a…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:811…gave me drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick d and ye visited me i was in prison and ye came unto me to the…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:473…i was a stranger and you took me in naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me insofar as you did it c…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:407…me in naked and you covered me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me matt and in the beatitudes he nowhere places those working signs but those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:331A…and clothe Him who walks about naked for the sake of our salvation, so that when we have clothed Him, we may hear on that day: I was naked and you clothed me (Matth. 25:36). For are the precepts burdensome? Are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:327…a stranger and you took me in i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me matt that we may therefore hear these words let us clothe the naked…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…e shall by no means lose his reward" (Matt. 10. 42); or whether we visit prisons, we visit for the sake of Him who said: "I was in prison, and you came to me" (Matt. 25. 36); or whether we clothe the widows and o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…nd you came to me" (Matt. 25. 36); or whether we clothe the widows and orphans, we clothe them for the sake of Him who said: "I was naked, and you clothed me" (Matt. 25. 36); or whether we perform alms in general…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:831…you took me in naked and you covered me sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me amen i say to you he says as long as you did it…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1735…inherit the kingdom prepared for you for i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me to him be glory unto the ages amen h homily c h a…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:941…was a stranger and you welcomed me i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me since therefore there are so many…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:187B…kness do not look about, but pray to the Lord, and he himself will heal you." Eccli. xxx, 17 — "Better is death than a bitter life, or a persistent infirmity." Matth. xxv, 36 — "I was sick, and you visited me." Jac…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:933…i was naked and you covered me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me what does he mean by saying this he makes the charitable deeds performed…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…a stranger and you took me in i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me a then the righteous will answer…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:469…me to drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick a to consider among all these i find the most excellent to be love for the…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:55…was a stranger and you welcomed me i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me here it is asked for what…
AnonymousPG 2:1125…and god comforted me i was in sickness and the most high visited me i was in prison and the savior made me glad in bonds and he loosed me in false accusations and he protected…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:907…a stranger and you gathered me in i was naked and you clothed me i was sick and you visited me i was in prison and you came to me if you do these things you…
37Matt 25:37
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:131C…eous man: I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will stand against your adversaries (Ex. xxiii, 22). And just as He says, You fed this one, you fed me (cf. Mt. xxv, 37, 40); so it was consistent to say:…
39Matt 25:39
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:943…thee in or naked and covered thee or when have we seen thee sick or in prison and came to thee o humility which will not fail even after death for a bad man is delighted…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:57…thee in or naked and clothe thee or when did we see thee sick or in prison and came to thee ' do you see that those standing at the right are called just therefore mercy…
40Matt 25:40
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1157…me to c drink and ye took me in then he adds inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:393C…. For the Lord your God walks with you through the needy and the poor, who says: "Whatever you did to one of these least ones, you did to me" (Matt. xxv, 40). After all these things it says: "An…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:247B…o descended for our sake and died for us. For thus the Lord Himself says in the Gospels: "Insofar as you did it to one of these little ones, you did it to me" (Matth. xxv, 40). Again, this is something necessary to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…was in prison and ye came unto me and after a little verily i say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1281…is mindful of the lord who said as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me applies great care with much diligence and attention in order to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1711…amen amen i say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me for dedication to the saints is piety toward christ and the…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:19…a Caesarean manuscript in Greek. 16. On the Love of the Poor, discourse II (prior in Latin below, nr. 24, and in Greek nr. 72), on that passage of Matthew xxv, 40, Inasmuch as you did it to one of these, you did it to me…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1261…out with his finger the subject inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren for by saying these he indicates the presence of those who have been treated well tell…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:293A…t, carrying her own bond in her hands. For it is the voice of the Master himself, that "Whatsoever ye have done unto one of these least, ye have done unto me" (Matt. 25.40). So, then, however many other sins tho…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:335…ords lack credibility. When did we see you in such need? When did we do these things? Inasmuch, He says, as you did it to one of these least, you did it to me (Matt. 25:40). Is the word not true: "He who has pit…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:383…them for this reason he added inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me let us not therefore despise such a gain coming from hospitality…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:335B…s, we are commanded to bestow them upon the least and vilest: for He says, "Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done it to Me" (Matt. 25:40). Since, therefore, we know there i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:419…t defense shall we bring?" For that he will bring them into the midst, hear from his words: Inasmuch as you did it not to one of these, you did it not to me (Matt. 25:40) , but God will convict us on their…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…hether we perform alms in general for the poor, we do so for the sake of Him who said: "Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me" (Matt. 25. 40); or whether we endure insults from the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:703B…se, and fill heaven with a good fragrance, so that we may hear Christ from heaven crying out: Inasmuch as you did it to one of these least, you did it to Me (Matt. 25:40): to Him be glory and power for ages of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:665D…least, you did it unto me; and, Do not despise one of these little ones, because their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven (Matt. 25. 40. and 18. 10): and receive them with rea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:707…rcy on another. For He has risen for us today through the Gospel, saying: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matt. 25.40). Again the mention of the poor, again…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:709C…t know that if you cast the poor man out, you have driven away Christ? For He Himself said, that As long as you did it to one of these least, you did it to me (Matt. 25.40). Do you see that if you insult the poo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:747D…"He who has pity on the poor, lends to God" (Prov. 19:17); and you will hear from him: "Insofar as you did it to one of these least [ones], you did it to me" (Matt. 25:40). Have you not often, while sitting in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:769…es, unless you send on ahead of you the gifts given to you by God. For inasmuch as you did it not to one of these least of my brethren, you did it not to me (Matt. 25:40). Come, then, let us listen, and fill t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:17B…eech you, in this discourse. For if he who does it to one of the least, does it to him, and he who does not do it to one of the least, does not do it to him (Matt. 25, 40-45); how is it not the same with regar…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1631…clearly led back to him the lord himself says in the gospels inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me and inasmuch as…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1467…o that word of Matthew VI, 20: "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven." And he says that God accepts gifts, because the Lord Himself testified in Matthew XXV, 40: "Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1075B…eing ill-disposed toward one’s neighbor is contrary to the will of God, the Lord shows in the Gospels when He says, "Inasmuch as you did it, or did not do it" (Matt. xxv, 40), enumerating the kinds of love and hat…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1505D…But do you not know that if you cast the poor man out, you have driven away Christ? For He said: Whatever you did to one of these my brethren, you did to me (Matt. 25:40). Do you see that if you treat the poor…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1507B…wretched and miserable one, you trust your treasure to the earth, and you do not trust God who says: What you did to one of these my brethren, you did to me (Matt. XXV, 40)? What pardon will you finally obtain?…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1509C…ishment. The Master asks for a mandate, and you do not give it to Him. For when you hear Him saying, "What you did to one of these my brethren, you did to me" (Matth. xxv, 40), see that whatever you give to the poo…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:953…to this system as if to the lord himself for he says inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me matt xxiii we…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:251…f grain: inasmuch as almsgiving contains and embraces the operation of all good things, which he also taught: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these," (Matt. xxv, 40) as he taught, limiting all things by t…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:677C…recognize [it], and these letters will be presented for your reading. For He Himself has said, 'Whatever you did to one of these least ones, you did it to me' (Matt. XXV, 40)." XXXI. When the emperor heard these…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:663…of them he who is also being fed by us in each one of the least of these he who has provided everything necessary for the body to all people today but being able to do…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…them amen i say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me he does not reward or punish before he has judged for…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:779…by caring for the poor for whatever he says you did to one of the least of these my brethren you did to me d let us minister also to those who imitate him as his…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:969A…propriate time asks for the triple divine discourse, namely, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in order that he may set [them] forth. Matth. xxv, 40.…
Manuel I Komnenos c. 1118–1180PG 133:745…hand with him for inasmuch he says as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me we command therefore that as often as such procuratorial administrations arise…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1123…persecutest thou me and of which members he says when ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye did it unto me therefore christ himself both gave from heaven and received…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:425…and come to you hear now what the lord will answer them inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these my brethren even the least ye have done it unto me you have heard…
Job the Monk fl. 6th centuryPG 86:3317B…self the injuries done to His servants—He from whom also comes the word, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me" (Matt. XXV, 40). The same must be thought regarding th…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:465…christ and christ himself who says inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me h from the stromata of clement of alexandria h alms ought…
41Matt 25:41
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:71…moses who ordained the law and sent the prophets who prepared fire for the devil and his angels the holy martyr establishes a brief enumeration of the chapters contained in this letter of the roman church…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:83…testifies that clement had a discourse concerning the fire which god has prepared for the devil and his angels if this is so it in no way hinders the truth of the second epistle finally cotelerius…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:829…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels i was hungry…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:833…instead of the kingdom of the blessed has sought out the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels who is no longer hated by men but suffers expulsion from god and is cast out…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:363B…in the Gospel says to those who are found on the left: ‘Depart, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which my Father has prepared for the devil and his angels’ (Matt. xxv, 41); signifying that the eternal fire was…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:729…which are above the image is the eternal fire which the father prepared for the devil and his angels for he too is counted in the creation b but if one says that these are images…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:827B…t, and those who do not perform the works of justice, he shall send into eternal fire, where their worm shall not die, and the fire shall not be extinguished" (Matth. XXV, 41; Marc. IX, 45). 2. Moreover, they say…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:961…, moreover, the Lord also says in the Gospel to those who are found on the left: "Depart, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which my Father prepared (Matt. xxv, 41) for the devil and his angels"; signifying that eternal fir…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:193…the punishment and you look toward the fire which the lord has prepared for the devil and his angels for this reason the blessed apostle…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:785…wicked depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels which my father has prepared john says outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:947…a depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels you have brought these things upon yourselves enjoy them depart from me you cursed into the outer…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:21…the resurrection from the dead and by the punishment of the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels that one should not add anything to the scripture nor take away nor insert nor change…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:113…of the resurrection from the dead by that eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels may he not possess that place in eternal inheritance where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:361…lord saying depart from me into the eternal fire which a god prepared for the devil and his angels i pray that while i am in this age the lord may visit my sins and restore…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:391C…ates. Again, the Lord will say to the workers of iniquity in the future: "Go into the eternal fire, which my Father has prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matth. XXV, 41). That fire burns. Nevertheless, this f…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:629…say go into eternal fire you workers of iniquity which my father prepared for the devil and his angels for i do not know you and there are indeed dead those who are sent into the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:867…others he shall say go into the eternal fire which god has prepared for the devil and his angels until he provides for every soul by the remedies he knows and all israel is saved but…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:895…who are on the left go into the eternal fire which god prepared for the devil and his angels for then we also if we have conquered and are able to prevail following jesus our leader…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:965…iniquity i do not know you go into eternal fire which god prepared for the devil and his angels but if it is permitted in such matters to presume from a likeness i think that according…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:459…me to eat and the rest and to those on the left depart from me ye cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and ye gave me…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1709…have not provided him with the opportunity to reap and to gather depart from me ye cursed into eternal fire which my father prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and ye…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:843…those on the left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i hungered and you gave me no eat and so forth b but if the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:845…to those on the left depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me something to eat and the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:179…all his senses to god he will deliver himself from the punishments prepared for the devil and his angels everyone who communicates with iniquity is an adulterer of the devil who first married iniquity and was…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:431…driven into the exterior darkness and into the inextinguishable fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels these things therefore signify all this because he says 'suddenly a spirit came from the desert and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:465…are expelled into the exterior darkness and the inextinguishable fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and for all who do his will the devil went out from the face of the lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:615…his own sentence saying go into the eternal fire which god has prepared for the devil and his angels showing that the same species of punishment is prepared for sinful men and for the devil and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1003B…ll as for the human race of sinners, which the Lord designated in his judgment, saying: 'Go into eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels' [Matth. xxv, 41]; showing that the same species of puni…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:691…of heat inasmuch as they are destined to go into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels vers o god when thou didst go forth before thy people when thou didst pass through…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:883…the left terrible to whom he shall also say depart into eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels then he adds from then is thy wrath from then from what time if not from…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1291…they be no more in that time clearly when they shall hear depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you gave me not…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:273…to be subjected to the judgment which says depart into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels because they did not accept the light they shall be handed over to fire and darkness…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:327…says then who shall announce to you that fire is kindled the fire prepared for the devil and his angels who therefore is he who knows these things and testifies of them to those who do…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:523…shall stand on his left in this way depart into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels just as therefore the fire is called eternal there so here it is called inextinguishable one…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1061…sentence that those who hear it will receive is passed upon them depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire c as they are scourged for the merits of the sins they have committed then indeed…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1063…me you cursed workers of iniquity into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels d such christians and a multitude of the faithful appear to me to exist among whom clearly…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1373…fire another fire shall await them that fire i say which is prepared for the devil and his angels equal to this fire shall be the outcome of those who show themselves ungrateful toward grace for…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:441…clearly for they shall hear depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels and the lawless so that they may not exist clearly they shall fail from the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:925…none on the cross likewise on the cross let their heart be prepared for the devil and his angels…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1209…his limbs are the house of god in the etc the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels when i remembered what was said by you etc into the eternal fire which is prepared…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:591…on the left hand he drives away with wrath into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels a who will endure that incredible spectacle of the worm who will be able to bear…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1407…man is useless wretched and miserable and let him expect the punishment prepared for the devil and his angels h the discernment of the nature and condition of actions h of actions some are strictly good…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:375C…of a tiny drop; a flame surrounding from every side, which does not allow the heat ignited in the inward parts to be cooled by the respiration of the air. (Matt. xxv, 41; Luc. xvi, 21). In place of the flute-p…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:277…condemned depart from me you cursed into the outer darkness which is prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat i was thirsty and you…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:651…hence the good things laid up for the just and likewise the fire prepared for the devil and his angels but above all these things to remember the apostolic saying that the sufferings of this present…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:673…hearts depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and he added the reason not saying d because you murdered or you committed fornication or you…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807C…eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not (Matt. xxv, 41-43).... Woe unto you that are rich! for ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1001…men depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels b if those who offer care and service find so much profit from their zeal and await…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1181A…ursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink" (Matt. XXV, 41-42), and so forth; and because: "Cursed is…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1263…go away into eternal punishment and sometimes sends some into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels and since elsewhere making mention of the fire of gehenna he adds that where their worm…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1595…the ground and elsewhere he explains this judgment more clearly saying b depart from me ye cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and he adds not some crime…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1597…endure to do the good in any way and justly they hear depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels as is clear from all this it is necessary…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1613…those who are on the left he sends into c the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels whom he blames not because they committed sin but because they lacked good fruits for i…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1751…said depart from me you cursed into exterior darkness which has been prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat i was thirsty and you…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1157…judgment depart from me you cursed into the outer darkness which is prepared for the devil and his angels ibid…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1205B…d terrible day of judgment to those who stand on His left: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. xxv, 41); not because you murdered, or committe…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1299…through sin fall away from the creator then the fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels for punishment is divided by the word of the lord so that since there are two faculties…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1301…life matth xxv and at another time sends some into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels ibid and at another names c the gehenna of fire and adds where their worm does…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:423…to the impious depart into the outer darkness which the father has prepared for the devil and his angels and that i may not lengthen the discussion i know that my teacher often taught that c…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:411…upon all sinners mixed with sulphur and tempest or that which is prepared for the devil and his angels or that which goes before the face of the lord and shall set his enemies round about…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:1311…god pours out upon all sinners mixed with sulphur and a storm fire prepared for the devil and his angels fire divinely sent consumes the sacrifice of elijah eternal fire another besides this fire of eternal…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:391…thee the impious and their prince the devil depart into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels whom while thou wast still in life thou didst worship c as gods after the angels…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1103…certain wicked ones he says depart into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels b h cap xiv the inconsistent ravings of the manichaeans the sin of the devil is not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:287…me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared not indeed for you but for the devil and his angels hell therefore is not prepared for us but for the devil and his angels whereas the kingdom was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:327…the same reason go into the eternal fire d which has been prepared for the devil and his angels and these too who speak rashly and without cause will be condemned for by your words he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:349…the fearful and terrible voice of the judge sending some into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels and barring others from the doors notwithstanding the long labor of virginity and commanding his ministers…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:373B…perhaps they even became milder because of it. For they did not hear, "Depart into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels," but only, "I know you not" (Matth. 25:41). And if anyone says this is the same a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:535D…ses, will pay the extreme penalties for these things, and will hear with others, "Depart from me into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41), with this your fasting and virginity.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:549D…kept to be punished with the demons. Depart, therefore, he says, from me into the darkness that is without, which is prepared for the devil and his angels (Matth. 25. 41). Many have seized the priesthood with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555…you will hear depart from me into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels because you fasted because you lived in virginity for fasting and virginity are nothing good in themselves…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:769B…d his angels. For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat: I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink: I was a stranger, and you did not take me in" (Matt. 25:41-43). Do you see a perfected judgment, and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:787…prepared for you and again depart from me you cursed into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels behold he punishes and honors with all authority and he needs no prayer again when it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:335…e threaten punishment to those on the left because of their barrenness: "Depart, you cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). Why? For what cause? "Because I was h…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:141…e Gospels, saying to those who are positioned on the left: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25. 41). They have long ago been prepared for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:449…he says from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels d great is the weight of the word the master of all and creator says i was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:271D…ngs also are the Son’s, just as these are the Father’s, listen: Depart from me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). And He who sends the angels to gather…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:467A…hreat of Gehenna, so as not to have to inflict it. For He prepared Gehenna for the devil: "Go," He says, "into the fire which has been prepared for the devil" (Matt. 25:41), but the kingdom for men, showing that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:561…because of their unproductiveness depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels why for what reason because i was hungry and you did not give me to eat…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:723D…t place from the beginning has been deputized for them; this the Lord declares: Go, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). 13. But we are your people and the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:763A…esus threatened would happen to them; and thus we have looked upon them. And what are those things? Truly, the eternal fire ready for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). Beautifully, however, he called them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:287A…hat we be not condemned with him, so that the Judge may not say to us: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). Is it therefore written in vain? By n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:825B…will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left, and will say to those who are on the left: Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire (Matt. 25.41)? How do you want one to sit at the rig…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:921A…ntil the consummation occurs, so that he may say to them: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25. 41). For it is necessary that as long as f…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:317B…rein He shows the love and indicates the longing He has concerning you. For He did not say, Go into the fire prepared for you, but, Prepared for the devil (Matth. 25. 41). And He speaks first of the things in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:475…what judgment would we not be worthy we go naturally into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels being more insensitive than stones for what insensibility is it tell me after receiving so much…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:555…he answers the one saying depart into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and to others you wicked and slothful servant and some he will cut in two and deliver…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:717…those who failed in the opposite he will send into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels b let us hear these sweetest words which we do not cease to turn over in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:719…their own works into the everlasting fire prepared not for you but for the devil and his angels for concerning the kingdom when he said come inherit the kingdom he added prepared for you from the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:331…thirsty and you did not give me to drink depart into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels matt i gave to them you will say when and for how many days ten or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:621…do not they who have not fed christ go away into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels matth is not he who was clothed in filthy garments having been bound hand and foot…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:623B…bution? Therefore, you cannot say that the devil is punished. For depart, he says, into the eternal fire, which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). For if Gehenna does not exist, then n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:623B…the general resurrection, the Judge commands, saying: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41). As for those who will pay the penalt…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:607D…s they pay who do not feed the poor? To what punishments they are condemned? "Depart," He says, "into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). If, therefore, those who do not feed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:633…do they who did not feed him not go away into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels does he who is clothed in filthy garments having been bound hand and foot not perish…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:635B…ere is punishment and retribution. Therefore, do not say that even the devil is punished. "Go," He says, "into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). For if there were no Gehenna, neither…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:687D…I hungered: listen at last to the bitter voice congruent with you, which unmercifulness has gathered for you: Depart from me, you cursed, into eternal fire (Matt. 25:41). ⟦alt-version omitted⟧…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:689B…ell and buy every kind of thing without mercy and love; whence they also shall hear: I do not know you (Matt. 25:12). Its heirs shall hear: Depart from me (Matt. 25:41). Its merchants possess everything exce…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:689B…g judgment; for perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18). But it is prepared for the devil, according to the immortal voice of the Lord, and for his angels (Matt. 25:41). But I add: and for his disciples, c…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:691A…ays consider those who stand on the left, and with much shame bow their heads, and hear that bitter voice: "Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire" (Matt. 25:41), and shudder. You who seize what belon…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:703B…u offer without almsgiving, it is nothing. What finally shall I say against your inhuman custom? Therefore "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire" (Matt. XXV, 41). For into my palace the unmerciful doe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:133…he speaks of those angels of whom christ says depart into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels and paul that his angels are transformed as ministers of righteousness for when these bodiless powers…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:775…lord shall persecute them saying depart from me you cursed into eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat i was thirsty and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:33…lacking we shall depart into the fire depart ye he says for ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for what reason and why because i hungered and ye gave me…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:35…the fire and not only into the fire but that which is prepared for the devil and his angels why and for what cause nothing irritates god so much as if friends are unjustly harmed for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:615…not hear again that tremulous one depart you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels matt vii xxv so that they might not hear a chasm is between us and you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:633A…ack of oil—that is to say, they were not performing almsgiving; for the oil is this. And those who were condemned, "Depart, you cursed, into the eternal fire" (Matt. 25:41), were again accused of none of these t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:217…the foundation of the world and again depart from me into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels matt let us not simply hear the words but let us picture them also in our…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:435…matt xxv and again depart from me into the fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels they do not merely hear the words simply but the effect of the words shall be fulfilled…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:747…who have neglected something of the good. What, then, is this? “Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire. For I was hungry, and you gave me no food” (Matt. xxv, 41). For those who have not shared any of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:855…lacking we shall depart into the fire for he says depart you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels why and for what reason because i was hungry and you did not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:857…fire and not simply into the fire but into that which is prepared for the devil and his angels for what reason and why nothing so provokes god but he places this before all terrible things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:41D…in His fury shall trouble them (Ps. II, 5), saying, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (Matth. XXV, 41). Woe is me! Woe is me! What affliction…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:225…t i the devil's trick to obscure christ t i fire is prepared for the devil and his angels t i why god did not remove the devil from our midst et seqq the devil frequently…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:853…sentence for their deeds saying go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat i was thirsty and you…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:867…spoken to those like them depart into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat for those virgins it was…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:149…and in every way being sent into the eternal flames that are prepared for the devil and his angels for this reason the drunkard along with other profane people will be an outcast from god and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1101…judged if not to fall into a flame and into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels but when he adds you have strengthened the flame he implies something harsh…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1443…rejection for he will say to those who are dead in sins depart from me ye cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for all the earth he says shall be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:875…lord by this he means the punishment of outer darkness which is prepared for the devil and his angels this shall be the lot of the unmerciful…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:863…sheep on the right and that he will exclude the goats saying depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels but that he will gather the sheep to himself…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:265…things depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels but to those on the right that is to the holy and good come you blessed of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:479C…the laws of our Savior through sinning? But if He who inflicts wrath upon them is Christ Himself, saying: "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire" (Matt. xxv, 41), and blessed Paul knows Him to be God…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:965…from the foundation of the world to those however on the left depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire since matters stand thus let us briefly set forth the manner of the incarnation therefore there…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1079…he says to them depart from me you accursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels woe woe what affliction and pain and distress and fear and trembling will seize their souls…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:533D…He directed against sinners, announcing the punishment that awaited him (for He said: “Depart into the fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matt. xxv, 41]), then indeed that common enemy of all…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1005…the wicked demons and casts it into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels then showing how much we ought to sympathize and be merciful loving one another for the sake…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1017…manifests saying depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels he reiterates and establishes the law and confirms the threat again adding these things he wills to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:227…gehenna depart he says you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and he is not joined with the students in death here because he possesses an immortal nature…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:473…to those on the left depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels and the demons themselves clearly know this hence they cried out what have we to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1117…of their labors he will say also to those on the left depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels and he explains to these also the causes of…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:975…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels ibid since therefore the lord openly foretells in the holy gospel both an unending punishment and an…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:977…xxv and elsewhere he sends us into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and at another time he names the hell of fire and adds where their worm does not…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:283…to those on the left depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels as if he were saying to the righteous indeed upwards into the heaven a inner…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1751C…ves are also tormented along with the sinners, as it is written: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matth. XXV, 41). But what is more terrible than every…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1811…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels it is also good to remember human afflictions for thus the hard and insensible soul will be…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1761…round about when some are condemned to the outer darkness which is prepared for the devil and his angels and others to the eternal fire others are sent away to the worm that never sleeps others…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:961…off b into the outer darkness and the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and this is indeed clearly what he says i saw riches kept under the sun for the…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:349…the winepress of god is none other than the place of punishment prepared for the devil and his angels it is called great however on account of the multitude of those being tormented in it for…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:575…says depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels as if to say to the just upward into the heaven within this which appears as the…
Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1709…his enemies round about when some are condemned into the outer darkness prepared for the devil and his angels others into the eternal fire others are sent away to the sleepless worm others are delivered to…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:935…dead depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and we hear these things not because we have done evil but because we have neglected the…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:381…the position on the left he banishes with wrath into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels b who shall endure that raging fire who shall not shudder at the strange spectacle of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1503…the lord says in the gospel 'depart into eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels ' and further down he says the fire also is to be understood alongside that which the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:613A…h more the things of this life?" He is speaking of those angels concerning whom Christ says: "Go into the fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matth. xxv, 41). Moreover, the Apostle himself also sa…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1157C…0, 41). "Then the King will say to those at his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.'" (Matth. xxv, 41). "The evil man from the evil treasure…
Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:435…ungodly depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and again cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness there will be weeping and gnashing of…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:557…be my enemy what remains depart you detestable ones into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his satellites but by no means brothers let us experience that dire voice and atrocious stomach but rather…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:577…sentence depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels these things i swear are full of horror dread and consternation which it behooves us just as…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:133…the more severe and inimitable punishment namely the outer fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels and so he punishes first with temporal fire and water but in the end with that which…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:821…men were about to be punished the savior said the fire was prepared for the devil and his angels and to the first question on both sides that is d of the angelic and the demonic…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:521…elsewhere depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels the tenth question is why moses wrote that the serpent was more cunning than the beasts of…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:235…do not know you depart into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels and let these things be said by way of digression to this extent and the blessed david…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:511…they replied that it had issued forth from that gehenna which is prepared for the devil and his angels and for all sinners and impious men for the correction and manifestation of transgressors and this they…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:973…dire and most sad sentence depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels ibid these things are by heaven full of horror fear and consternation which it behooves…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:705C…t and unjust courts of the unbelievers. "That we shall judge angels?" By "angels" he means the demons, just as Christ also said: "To the devil and his angels" (Matt. xxv, 41). But how shall we judge them? When the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:709…reserved means even now according to that which christ says which is prepared for the devil and his angels and indeed the sodomites d…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1165D…tter, He will speak that dire and most sorrowful sentence: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. XXV, 41). These things are, by heaven, full of…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:425…flesh and blood and be cast into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels b o holy bond o ineffable power o soul meditating on heavenly things or rather moved by…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:987…second however being full of darkness c affliction and pain has been prepared for the devil and his angels into this will also be cast those who by wicked deeds have procured it for themselves who…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:463…earth they replied that it had been sent forth from the gehenna prepared for the devil and his angels and for all sinners and impious men for the sake of admonishing them to repentance and for…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:713…left depart far from here into the fire of hell which was prepared for the devil and his angels not because you committed adulteries not because you were fornicators not because you committed theft not because…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:875…me far away accursed ones into the outer fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels and for all who have served unfruitful works and have walked after their own wills who have…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…the poor h verses h then he will also say to those on the left hand depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:91…hath reserved signifies here just as it is also said which is prepared for the devil and his angels and so the sodomites also are set forth as an example of the everlasting fire that will…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:695…it shall also be heard depart into the outer darkness which is prepared for the devil and his angels who are the intelligible assyrians these things also fit the synagogue that killed the lord for they…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1285…also be understood which tortures the ungodly in the other age, namely that which is prepared for the devil and his angels, as the Lord teaches in the Gospel (Matt. xxv, 41), or even that of which David says: Fi…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1281…because he allotted to those who sin incurably the outer fire c prepared for the devil and his angels and other eternal punishments but surely god is kind and just to the transgression of the commandment…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:307…by which demons are tortured according to that of christ in matthew depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels which place theophanes also weighing in the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:473…the eternal fire hearing depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels observe however how in the case of the just he says blessed of my father but…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:841…heavenly troops as though they were devoid of all defense with eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels he severely condemned them wherefore take up i beseech you a thrifty counsel for you can…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:891…left who struck against that stone and were offended will he say depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels how then will the penitents made so…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:899…horrible sentence depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels every one considering this even before the judgment and overcome by his own conscience trembles blessed are…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1135…which has been prepared for the devil and his angels b and one could find many other things in the holy gospel where the lord has reproved…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:59…but depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels for just as those on the right shall have life and shall have it abundantly life indeed…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:195…to an indissoluble and unbearable bond of eternal b punishment which god prepared for the devil and his angels for all these are dead even if they are active in malice for which they were justly…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:383…of the wicked one into that eternal gehenna of fire promised and prepared for the devil and his angels what then is this command of god now incumbent upon us it is repentance of which the…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:391…wicked one into that eternal gehenna of fire which is promised and prepared for the devil and his angels b what then is this commandment of god now proposed to us repentance the chief rule of…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:451…the needy and declares them cursed and sends them into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels but those who have helped the poor he praises openly and acknowledging the kindness distributed to…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1167…fire and of gehenna and of all things simply that have been prepared for the devil and his angels but let us if it please you continue a little longer with this word of the teacher…
Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 148:1423…is uncreated we also hear in the divine gospels that fire is prepared for the devil and his angels if therefore according to palamas that fire is uncreated the same will also be uncreated god and…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:857…say depart from me cursed into the fire prepared for you but prepared for the devil and his angels for he prepared the kingdom for men but hell he says not for men but for the…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:685…every way for christ spoke as follows to those worthy of hell depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels d having said this therefore he excepted no demon…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:733…says depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels but these things have nothing to do with me says the usurer who gave money and food…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:951…those deserving of hell depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels b having said this he left none of the demons outside of punishment and not without…
Christian Friedrich Lücke 1791-1855PG 39:1741…he uses an argument most accommodated to the vulgar understanding: that God, the legislator and judge, since by the authority of holy Scripture (Matt. xxv, 41) He has decreed that the unjust—above a…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:297…of the lord it is cut and divided i believe that the fire prepared for the devil and his angels is cut through by the voice of the lord so that since there are two faculties…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1057B…id to the foolish virgins: Amen I say to you, I know you not (Matth. XXV, 12). And He says to them also: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire (Matth. XXV, 41), where there is weeping and gnashing o…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1127…hear the fearful sentence of the judge saying depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you did not give me to eat and…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:245C…t dogmas, but because he had led a filthy and impure life; likewise those whom He ordered to be taken away into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25. 41), He did not send there because they ha…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:283…example of the virgins and of those who are led into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels because they did not feed nor give drink to christ let us retain the fire of…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:307…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels what crimes therefore condemn us with the devil for i was hungry and you did not give…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:461…of my father or depart into the outer darkness which has been prepared for the devil and his angels because having weighed the deeds he defines things with a fitting end the lord gave images of…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:427…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels for it was not prepared for you but for the devil and his angels but because you…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:837…those on the left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels for i was hungry and you gave me no food god will bring every work into…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1229…left depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels c the lord knows how to rescue the pious from temptation but to keep the unjust for…
42Matt 25:42
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1157…the lord says i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to c drink and ye took me in then he adds inasmuch as ye have done it…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807…cursed into everlasting fire c prepared for the devil and his angels for i was an hungred and ye gave me no meat i was thirsty and ye gave me no drink i was a stranger…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:811…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1527…inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was an hungred and ye gave me meat and so forth and in the gospel according to luke at another time and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1595…works saying for i was hungry and ye gave me no food i was thirsty and ye gave me no drink and so forth indeed many similar things can be found from which it can be…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1205B…r He says, "I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me" (Matt. xxv, 42). He, therefore, who is not softened an…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:155…the moderation of their soul and humility of whom it was said i was an hungred and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink and so forth then he adds that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1007D…ven a drink to him when thirsty, although they themselves believed that they could take refuge in the protection of ignorance, found neither pardon nor excuse (Matt. 25:42-43). The others, moreover, could not even…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:51C…n from virtue brings about our punishment. For even those who did not feed the hungry, who did not give drink to the thirsty, and who did not clothe the naked (Matth. XXV, 42 ff.), did not steal, nor were they gree…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:331D…ly? You saw me hungry, and you did not give me to eat; thirsty, and you did not give me to drink. Depart into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:42-41). I gave to them, you will say. When an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:331D…rrible words of the Judge reproaching us: You did not feed me when I was hungry, and, What you did not do to one of these least ones, you did not do to me (Matt. 25:42, 40)? He does not say this only about d…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:403…but he who is taken by a lighter affection is deprived of every defense. For what shall we answer when He shall say: I was hungry and you gave me not to eat (Matt. xxv, 42)? What excuse shall we have? Shall we p…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:687C…tewards and dispensers of my gifts, so that in an evil time and in days of famine you might provide for me? For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat (Matt. 25:42). I gave, and I hungered; I sought of m…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:703A…se unmerciful ones who have lived their lives basely: "For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat; I was thirsty and you did not give me to drink," etc. (Matt. XXV, 42). How often I came to your door seeking…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:179B…: I would gladly ask you this, when we have migrated there, and we hear Christ saying, "I was hungry and you did not feed me, naked and you did not clothe me" (Matth. XXV, 42): what shall we say? What defense shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:217B…t memory, listen to how the cruelty and inhumanity of those here who did not show mercy are paraded. "I was hungry," he says, "and you gave me nothing to eat" (Matt. 25.42). When are these things said? Is it in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:719…for what for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink i was naked and ye covered me vv and why o lord did you not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:497…the world for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink how shall he not be god being truly called so by the holy ones receiving…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:437A…"At the end of a man is the uncovering of his works." (Eccl. xi, 29). "Watch, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes." (Matth. xxv, 42). "Let your loins be girded about, and…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:469…these things for i was hungry and ye gave me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:51D…hance He sees us being affected by no awareness of them. For even when He says, "You saw Me hungry and did not feed Me, and thirsty and did not give Me drink" (Matt. 25:42), He does so in the present time, lest…
43Matt 25:43
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1291…you gave me not to drink i was a stranger and you took me not in naked and you covered me not sick and in prison and you did not visit me and they shall not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick and ye visited me i was in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807…me no meat i was thirsty and ye gave me no drink i was a stranger and ye took me not in naked and ye clothed me not sick and in prison and ye visited me…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:811…ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick d and ye visited me i was…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:11A…ment and provide some readings worthy of note, upon which we shall not linger here, as they are foreign to this place. The beginning of the first leaf falls on Matt. xxv, 43, and proceeds to chapter xxvi, 2. This…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:175…the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for i was a stranger and ye took me in matt xxv etc amen i beseech you most holy ones that you ask the same…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:469…me to eat i was thirsty and ye gave me to drink i was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me i was sick a to consider among all these i…
44Matt 25:44
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:831…answer saying a lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you then he will answer them saying amen i…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:949…not accept persons lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not serve you lord do you not recognize us you fashioned us…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1717…but they say hurriedly when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or infirm or in prison and did not minister to you referring ministering to you to all things and…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1491…lord when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or in prison and did not minister to thee asking that he might be indulgent to them but what did the just judge and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…will answer saying lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you then he will answer them saying amen i…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:61…then answer saying lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you you see the ultimate evil pride joined to…
Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:429…the impartial judge lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or in prison and did not minister to you but the lover of virtue the lord says to them…
45Matt 25:45
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:561…are to be deemed worthy of such honor he confirms it to them saying verily i say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat and will come forth…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…was in prison and ye came unto me and after a little verily i say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1281…whoever is mindful of the lord who said as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me applies great care with much diligence and attention in order…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1711…answer amen amen i say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me for dedication to the saints is piety toward christ and…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1261…pointing out with his finger the subject inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren for by saying these he indicates the presence of those who have been treated well…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:383…to them for this reason he added inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me let us not therefore despise such a gain coming from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:335…least and vilest for he says inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these you have done it to me matt c since therefore we know there is a treasury hidden…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:573…for the sake of him who said inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these you did it to me matt or whether we endure insults from the impious gentiles because we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:573D…dance, but those who are in affliction, those who are ignored, those who are not known by many. "He who did it to one of these least," he says, "did it to Me" (Matt. 25:45). 3. Do not give to those who preside…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:239…my discourse patiently for a little while for if what one does to one of the least of these he does to him how should not a similar sentence persist in blessings and in curses he…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:219…before god for if he who gave a cup of cold water to one of the least of these little ones shall not lose his reward how much more shall he who keeps the vineyard enjoy…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1349…ones but of the small and says inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these little ones who believe in me you did it to me since therefore you excel in right…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:941…say this looking toward that which is said as you did it to one of the least of these you did it to me c but he will also proceed further into the interior of the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1513…anxiety what freedom from anxiety he says inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these you did it to me for he who has mercy on the poor lends to god says…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:663…of them he who is also being fed by us in each one of the least of these he who has provided everything necessary for the body to all people today but being able to do…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…to them amen i say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me he does not reward or punish before he has judged…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:825B…deration. For if he who does not feed the least of the brethren does not feed God—"For in as much as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me" (Matt. XXV, 45)—it follows, not to say more, that he w…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:779…him by caring for the poor for whatever he says you did to one of the least of these my brethren you did to me d let us minister also to those who imitate him as…
Manuel I Komnenos c. 1118–1180PG 133:745…hollow hand with him for inasmuch he says as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me we command therefore that as often as such procuratorial administrations…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1123…me and of which members he says when ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye did it unto me therefore christ himself both gave from heaven and received on earth…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:409…gave me to drink and so on insofar as you did it to one of the least of these you did it to me as heirs you have nurtured me enjoy the inheritance concerning her who…
Job the Monk fl. 6th centuryPG 86:3317…whom also comes the word inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto me matt xxv the same must be thought regarding the parable of the…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:465…of christ and christ himself who says inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me h from the stromata of clement of alexandria h alms…
46Matt 25:46
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1045…ior side. Therefore, both these solutions are weak, and indeed so proposed by Augustine that he did not lean heavily upon them. He adds then, in that Matthew xxv, 46: "These will go into eternal burning, but the just into ete…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1301B…the diversity of the punishment. For when the Lord at one time declares that these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life (Matth. XXV, 46); and at another time sends some into…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:597…right and condemned those on the left he followed up by saying these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal therefore it is necessary to manage all things here and for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:623B…eir worm will not die, and their fire will not be extinguished (Isa. 66:24); and, They will go into eternal life, and these into eternal punishment (Mark 9:44; Matt. 25:46). If, therefore, there is eternal life,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:635A…im saying: "Their worm will not die, and the fire will not be quenched" (Mark 9:44); and, "These will go into eternal life, and these into eternal punishment" (Matt. 25:46). If, therefore, life is eternal, the p…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:703C…e fire that is not extinguished: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. "And these will go into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life" (Matt. XXV, 46). Having learned these things, then, br…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:75… (Matt. 7.22, 23). And the virgins were shut out, and did not enter; and of those who did not feed Him, He says: They shall go away into eternal punishment (Matt. 25.46). The punishment of sinners has no end…
Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:833…a saying these shall go away into everlasting punishment namely sinners but the righteous into life everlasting who shall shine as the sun and again they…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:613…without any remedy for what does the divine evangelist say concerning these and these shall go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into life eternal and the third part of the trees was burned up…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:807A…judgment, so that each may bear his worthy reward, according to the holy oracle—for it says: "And these shall go away into eternal life, but those into fire" (Matt. xxv, 46) "exterior and eternal"—was there any o…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:431…of these you did not do it to me and these will go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into eternal life he sends those on the left into the fire that was prepared for…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1107…e would say to those on His right hand and those on His left, He added: "And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal" (Matt. xxv, 46). And again He said: "Their worm shall…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:61…these least you did it not to me and thus he says these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the just into everlasting life igitur fratres misereamur nostri per misericordiam b erga fratres let us…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:1013…live because of me and i am the resurrection and the life and these shall go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life in one holy catholic and apostolic church as the seven…
130Matt 25:130
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1211…Great, IV, 55. (In Psalm 23) in the place concerning Elcana and Hannah, 56, 131. In Isaiah 1, ibid. Epistle to the King, 232. Sermon on the talents, Matthew 25, 130. In Canticles of Moses, ibid. Explanation of Psalm 11, 132.…
283Matt 25:283
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:127A…ed and most perverse character of the Cappadocians. 282. On the expulsion from paradise, and the restoration to the same. An interpretation of Christ's saying, Matt. xxv. 283. On the disparity of human pursuits. 28…