Matthew 25:34 (WEB)
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Catechism · 6
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:31-46.
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
“"Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us," is present in many ways to his Church: in his word, in his Church's prayer, "where two or three are gathered in my name," in the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:31-46.
The Seventh Commandment
“It is by what they have done for the poor that Jesus Christ will recognize his chosen ones.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:31-36.
“Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently. the corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:31-46.
The Seven Petitions
“This petition of the Lord's Prayer cannot be isolated from the parables of the poor man Lazarus and of the Last Judgment.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 16:19-31; Mt 25:31-46.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“Jesus identifies himself with the poor of every kind and makes active love toward them the condition for entering his kingdom.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:31-46.
Fathers and councils · 109
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For I was an hungered, and ye gave Me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in: naked, and ye clothed Me; sick, and ye visited Me; in prison, and ye came to Me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
Read the whole comment“…fire,” these shall be damned for ever; and to whomsoever He shall say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you for eternity,” these do receive the kingdom for ever, and make constant advance in it; since there is one and the same God the Father, and His Word, who has been always…” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…divideth the sheep from the goats,” and that to some He will say, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you,” but to others, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which My Father has prepared for the devil and his angels,” one and the same Father is…” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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Jerome
“…the sheep and the goats, the just and the unjust: that the just stand on the right hand, the other on the left: and that to the just the words are spoken:“Come, ye blessed of my Father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“I pass over the countless instances in which you have supported Christ, fed, clothed, and visited Him.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34–40.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Wherefore also in the Judgment, when every one shall receive according to his conduct, He says, ‘Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Now this clearly also refers to what the Lord gives to them at the right hand, saying, ‘Come, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you.’” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Who not desire to be enrolled with these, that he may hear with them, ‘Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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Gregory of Nyssa
““Come, ye blessed,” saith our Lord; and again, “Depart, ye cursed,” not honouring him who deserves cursing with the name of “blessed,” nor, on the other hand, dismissing him who has treasured up for himself the blessing, along with the wicked.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxv. 34.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Either the kingdom of heaven is something which we have not yet received, that, namely, of which He speaks, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom,” [Matt 25:34] because they in it are Angels, therefore the least among them is greater than a righteous man who has a corruptible body.” — the author cites it
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“The Son confesses men before the Father, because by the Son we have access to the Father, and because the Son saith, “Come, ye blessed of my Father.” [Matt 25:34]” — the author cites it
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“And He says, “Not always,” though they have it at no time, because the wicked seem to have Christ in this present world, while they mix among His members and approach His table, but they shall not always so have Him when He shall say to His elect, “Come, ye blessed of my Father.” [Matt 25:34]” — the author cites it
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After the parables concerning the end of the world the Lord proceeds to describe the manner of the judgment to come.
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To this most sweet section of Scripture which we cease not continually to ponder, let us now listen with all attention and compunction of spirit, for Christ does indeed clothe this discourse with more terrors and…
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He who was within two days to celebrate the passover, to be delivered to the cross, and mocked by men, fitly now holds out the glory of His triumph, that He may overbalance the offences that were to follow by the…
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The wicked and they also who shall be set on His right hand shall see Him in human shape, for He shall appear in the judgment in that form which He took on Him from us; but it shall be afterwards that He shall be…
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These words overthrow the error of those who said that the Lord should not continue in the same form of a servant. By “his majesty,” He means His divinity, in which He is equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
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Or, He shall come again with glory, that His body may be such as when He was transfigured on the mount. “His throne” is either certain of the more perfect of the Saints, of whom it is written, “For there are set…
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He shall come down with the Angels whom He shall call from heavenly places to hold judgment.
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“For all his Angels shall be with him” to bear witness to the things wherein they have administered to men’s salvation at His bidding.
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Or, by Angels here He means men who shall judge with Christ; for Angels are messengers, and such we rightly understand all who have brought tidings of heavenly salvation to men.
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“And all nations shall be gathered before Him.” These words prove that the resurrection of men shall be real.
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This gathering shall be executed by the ministry of Angels, as it is said in the Psalm, “Gather to him his saints.” [Ps 50:5]
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Or, we need not understand this of a local gathering together, but that the nations shall be no more dispersed in divers and false dogmas concerning Him. For Christ’s divinity shall be manifested so that not even…
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Or, He calls the one sheep and the other goats, to denote the unprofitableness of the one, and the fruitfulness of the other, for sheep are greatly productive in fleece, milk, and lambs.
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Under the figure of a sheep in Scripture is signified simplicity and innocence. Beautifully then in this place are the elect denoted by sheep.
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Also the goat is a salacious animal, and was the offering for sins in the Law; and He says not ‘she goats’ which can produce young, and “come up shorn from the washing. [Song of Solomon 4:2]
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Then He separates them in place.
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For the Saints who have wrought right works, shall receive in recompense of their right works the King’s right hand, at which is rest and glory; but the wicked for their evil and sinister deeds have fallen to the…
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Or, they are called “blessed,” to whom an eternal blessing is due for their good deserts. He calls it the kingdom of His Father, ascribing the dominion of the kingdom to Him by whom Himself the King was begotten. For…
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Observe that He says not ‘Receive,’ but “possess,” or “inherit,” as due to you from of old.
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This “prepared for you from the foundation of the world,” is to be understood as of the foreknowledge of God, with whom things to come are as already done.
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Besides that kingdom of which He will say in the end, “Inherit the kingdom prepared for you,” though in a very inferior manner, the present Church is also called His kingdom, in the which we are yet in conflict with…
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But one will say, I desire not to reign, it is enough for me that I be saved. Wherein they are deceived, first, because there is no salvation for those whose iniquity abounds; and, secondly, because if there be any…
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For what the Saints obtain the boon of this heavenly kingdom He shews when He adds, “I was an hungred, and ye gave me to eat.”
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And it is to be noted, that the Lord here enumerates six works of mercy which whoso shall study to accomplish shall be entitled to the kingdom prepared for the chosen from the foundation of the world.
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Mystically, He who with the bread of the word and the drink of wisdom refreshes the soul hungering and thirsting after righteousness, or admits into the home of our mother the Church him who is wandering in heresy or…
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These, to whom as they stand on His right hand the Judge at His coming shall say, “I was an hungred &c.” are they who are judged on the side of the elect, and who reign; who wash away the stains of their life with…
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It is from humility that they declare themselves unworthy of any praise for their good deeds, not that they are forgetful of what they have done. But He shews them His close sympathy with His own.
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“Lord, when saw we thee &c.” This they say not because they distrust the Lord’s words, but they are in amaze at so great exaltation, and at the greatness of their own glory; or because the good which they have done…
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It were indeed free to us to understand that it is Christ in every poor man whom we feed when he is hungry, or give drink to when he is thirsty, and so of other things; but when He says, “In that ye have done it to…
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But if they are His brethren, why does He call them “the least?” Because they are lowly, poor, and outcast. By these He means not only the monks who have retired to the mountains, but every believer though he should…
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As He had said to the righteous, “Come ye,” so He says to the wicked, “Depart ye,” for they who keep God’s commandment are near to the Word, and are called that they may be made more near; but they are far from it,…
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It is hence clear, that the same fire will be appropriated to the punishment of men and of daemons. If then it inflicts pain by corporeal touch, so as to produce bodily torment, how will there be in it any punishment…
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Or it may be that fire is of such nature that it can burn invisible substances, being itself invisible, as the Apostle speaks, “The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”…
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Observe how they had failed in mercifulness, not in one or two respects only, but in all; not only did they not feed Him when He was hungry, but they did not even visit Him when He was sick, which was easier. And…
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They to whom this is said are the wicked believers, who are judged and perish; others, being unbelievers, are not judged and perish; for there is no examination of the condition of such as appear before the face of…
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Thus convicted by the words of the Judge, they make answer submissively, “Lord, when saw we thee &c.”
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Mark how the righteous dwell upon each word, while the unrighteous answer summarily, and not going through the particular instances; for so it becomes the righteous out of humility to disclaim each individual…
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He is now treating of the last judgment, when Christ shall come from heaven to judge the quick and dead. This day of the Divine judgment we call the Last Day, that is, the end of time; for we cannot tell through how…
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Come, ye blessed of My Father, will He say to them who shall then ride on chariots of clouds, and be assembled by Angels.” — editor's note: Ib. xxv. 34.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But even at that time was victory being prepared over spiritual wickedness for those to whom it is said in the Gospel: “Come, ye blessed of My Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxv. 34.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.9Conference I
“For I was an hungred, and ye gave Me to eat; I was thirsty and ye gave Me to drink:” etc. How then shall these works be taken away, which admit the doers of them into the kingdom of heaven?” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxv. 34, 35.
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“…the sons of God, when it will be said to them by Christ: “Come ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;” (as the heart) with fixed and steadfast gaze, so to speak, yearns and longs for it and says to Him “Thy kingdom come.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxv. 34.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“…are on His right hand, “Come unto Me, all ye blessed of My Father,” etc.; “for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink,” manifestly show that it depended upon themselves, that either these should be deserving of praise for doing what was commanded and receiving what was promised,…” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34 sq.
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“…to those on His right hand, “Come, ye blessed of My Father,” etc.; “for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I was athirst, and ye gave Me to drink,” it is exceedingly manifest that He gives the promises to these as being deserving of praise.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And thus, too, the inspired apostles survive and wait for the time of their redemption, when they shall be called into a kingdom which cannot be moved, when Christ addresses them with the word, “Come, ye blessed of my Father,” etc.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“And to the saints He will say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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Augustine of Hippo
“At the close of that short life, you will not yet be, where the Saints shall be, to whom it shall be said, “Come, ye blessed of My Father: inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…at His left; the condemnation of the wicked with the devil to eternal punishment; the receiving of a kingdom from Christ with the Saints to last for ever.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34. St. Augustin, Ser. xviii. 4.
Read the whole comment“But she shall stand on the right hand, to whom it will be said, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment““He shall call therefore the heaven from above, and the earth, to sever His people.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
Read the whole comment“For then shall they hear, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive ye the kingdom.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Such as the words which he will hear addressed to those on the left hand, “Depart into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, 41.
Read the whole comment“Where they will be to whom shall be said, “Come, ye blessed of My Father,” etc.,…He goeth on to say, “and there was none that knew me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, 41.
Read the whole comment“For what is that beauty, which the saints shall hereafter enjoy, to whom it shall be said, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, enjoy the kingdom”?” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment““Come, ye blessed of My father, enjoy the Kingdom;” “The Lord shall reign for ever” (ver. 10).” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“For there, those on the left hand shall go away into eternal burning, but the righteous into life eternal.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 33–46.
Read the whole comment“Lo, this is what God promises; “eternal life.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…who desires to become a Christian, in order that he may not pass into eternal fire with the devil, but enter into the eternal kingdom together with Christ, such an one is truly a Christian; (and he will be) on his guard in every temptation, so that he may neither be corrupted by prosperity nor be utterly broken in…” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxv. 34, 41
Read the whole comment“To the just He will say in the judgment, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34
Read the whole comment“But what is life eternal, except “that they may know Thee,” He says, “the One true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent?” but know Him now in that glory of which He says to the Father, “Which I had with Thee before the world was.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 37, 41, 34
Read the whole comment“For this gift will be given to us at that time, when it shall have been said, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34
Read the whole comment“…we shall rejoice, and shall be praised, when He says, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Lo here is the kingdom whereof we say, “Thy kingdom come.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“For to them will it come, to whom it shall be said, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Hast thou forgotten, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom; for I was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat:” and,” Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of Mine, ye did it to Me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
Read the whole comment“For as that is true which He will say to those who are set on the right hand, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;” so is that true, which they on the left hand will hear, “Depart ye into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his Angels.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“And they will say, “Lord, when saw we Thee?”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
Read the whole comment“For we read in another place of the Gospel, that He will say to those whom He shall set on the right hand, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“Which hath been promised to us in these words; “Then will I say unto them, Come, ye blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“But whoso shall have believed, is put aside at the right hand, and shall stand with great confidence and joy among those to whom it shall be said, “Come, blessed of My Father, receive the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“So also in our own body, the head is above, the feet are on the earth; yet in any crowding and throng of men, when any one treads on your foot, does not the head say, “You are treading upon me?”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
Read the whole comment“…His glory, . . . then shall He say also unto them on His left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34–41, given in full.
Read the whole comment“…out of account that kingdom concerning which He shall say in the end, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you,” the Church could not now be called His kingdom or the kingdom of heaven unless His saints were even now reigning with Him, though in another and far different…” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat,” and so on, mentioning the good works of the good, and their eternal rewards assigned by the last sentence of the Judge.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…the eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels,” and “These shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life,” it were excessively presumptuous to say that the punishment of any of those whom God has said shall go away into eternal punishment shall not be eternal, and…” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, 41, 46.
Read the whole comment“…deserts, what then shall we think of those on the right hand, to whom it shall be said, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you,” unless that they are those who have built on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones?” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…when He shall say to the former, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom,” and to the latter, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 31–46
Read the whole comment“He will say to them, “Since ye gave to one of the least of mine, ye gave to me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 31–40.
Read the whole comment“In reference to which also Himself says: “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…hand, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom;” and to those at His left, “Depart into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;” then shall be the night when no man can work, but only get back what he has wrought before.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, 41.
Read the whole comment“For it is to this kingdom, standing then at the right hand, that it shall be said in the end, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom;” that is, ye who were the kingdom, but without the power to rule, come and reign; that what you formerly were only in hope, you may now have the power to be in reality.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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John Chrysostom
“Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” ( Matt. xxv. 34–36.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Come” (He says), “ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” ( Matt. xxv. 34.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For I was an hungered, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in; sick, and ye visited Me; I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.” ( Matt. xxv. 34–36.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…stand by, and He will make answers to them by Himself; and to some He will say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father; for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat;”to others, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, 35.
Read the whole comment“For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat,” and all that follows.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34–40.
Read the whole comment“…these words only, “All hail!” but also those others, “Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Let Christ rather applaud you, and invite you to the reward, saying, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“…reigns, as He Himself promises and says, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“And these shall go away into everlasting burning: but the righteous into life eternal.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 31–46.
Read the whole comment“And these shall go away into everlasting burning, but the righteous into life eternal.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 31–46.
Read the whole comment“And these shall go away into everlasting burning: but the righteous into life eternal.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 31–46.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…to the thirsty, and visit the sick and the prisoner, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; or rewards the poor in spirit, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34.
Read the whole comment“He shall deliver us into the Kingdom, as it is said in the Gospel, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxv. 34.
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Aphrahat
“Let us visit our Lord in the persons of the sick, that He may invite us to stand at His right hand.” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 33–35.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And these shall go away into everlasting life.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34–36, 40, 46.
Read the whole comment“Again, on the opposite side, to those who have not performed these things, “Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have not done it unto one of the least of these, ye have not done it to Me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxv. 34, etc.
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Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 26:6–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 26:6–13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
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Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 36.
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Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.19.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
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Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 8.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
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Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.28.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.28.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.28.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.28.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 17.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 8.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 8.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 36.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 11:11 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.40.