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Translated by John Patrick.
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Page 88
But let these things, then, be said by way of apology, because of the depth of the parable; but, with regard to the question at what time the man--the king--in the parable wished to make a reckoning with his own servants, we will say that it seems that this takes place about the time of the judgment which had been proclaimed. And this is confirmed by two parables, one at the close of the Gospel before us, [6118] and one from the Gospel according to Luke. [6119] And not to prolong the discussion by quoting the very letter, as any one who wishes can take it from the Scripture himself, we will say that the parable according to Matthew declares, "For it is as when a man going into another country called his own servants, and delivered unto them his own goods, and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one talent;" [6120] then they took action with regard to that which had been entrusted to them, and, after a long time, the lord of those servants cometh, and it is written in the very words, that he also makes a reckoning with them. [6121] And compare the words, "And when he began to make a reckoning," [6122] and consider that he called the going of the householder into another country the time at which "we are at home in the body but absent from the Lord;" [6123] but his advent, when, "after a long time the lord of those servants cometh," [6124] the time at the consummation in the judgment; for after a long time the lord of those servants cometh and makes a reckoning with them, and those things which follow take place.
[6118] Matt. xxv. 14-30.
[6119] Luke xix. 12-27.
[6120] Matt. xxv. 14, 15.
[6121] Matt. xxv. 19.
[6122] Matt. xviii. 24.
[6123] 2 Cor. v. 6.
[6124] Matt. xxv. 19.
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