“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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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,
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48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
— Matthew 24:50 —
51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.