“Then, as He had fallen upon the mention of the judgment, He directs His discourse to the teachers next, speaking of punishment and honors; and having put first them that do right, He ends with them that continue in sin, making His discourse to close with that which is alarming. Wherefore He first saith this, "Who then…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 77
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48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
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46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
— Matthew 24:48 —
49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,