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being asked for payment, one you slapped, another you condemned to a pit of mire, another you stoned. Behold, I myself, the son and heir, am present. Revere my sonship, be ashamed before the dignity of my paternal nature. I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, and I have come to you. I have mercy on my vineyard; though I have descended to earth, yet I dwell in the bosom of my Father. Give me the fruit of my vineyard. But truly, as wicked husbandmen, you will fulfill the work of your fathers. They were prophet-slayers, you will become God-slayers as well. For you abound in wickedness. I am the heir, the cornerstone, which even if you reject, you will be crushed, but I will join the two peoples, the things separated, the earthly with the heavenly. Through me, there will become one Church of angels and men. Through me, being enemies to my Father, you will be reconciled. For I will make peace, and I will make a libation of peace, my own blood, which will be shed for the salvation of the world. 5. Hinting at these things through parables, he did not persuade them. For they have closed their eyes, so that they might not see, and they have heard heavily with their ears. Therefore the light of the Gospel did not shine for them. Oh 96.585 the strange hardening of the unholy priests! They condemned themselves, not knowing what they were saying. For they passed sentence against themselves. For when asked what he will do to those husbandmen, they answered truly against their will. He will miserably destroy those wicked men. It is truly just for the wicked one to suffer from his own choice. And he will give the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will give the fruit in its season. As priests and having the dignity of the priesthood, and not knowing the truth, they prophesy. For the vineyard, the people of the Lord, has been given to the husbandmen who have given to the Master abundant and fruitful harvest. For their sound went forth into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, of those who preach the gospel of good things! These, going as sheep in the midst of wolves, transformed the wolves into sheep, making those who once persecuted, the Greeks, into sheep of Christ, and acquired for the Lord a people for his own possession, zealous for good works. 6. Come then, brethren, as many as have received the name of faith, who have been deemed worthy to be called the people of Christ, let us not set aside our calling, let us not defile our faith by wicked works. It is not enough to be called faithful only, but let us show our faith by works. For there were two sons, he says, of one father, and he said to the one: Go, work in the vineyard. But he promised, but did not fulfill the promise. Then he says to the other. But he refused in word, but in deed he carried out what was commanded. And the first is blamed, but the second is praised. And so let us remember the renunciation, and the covenant made in baptism. We renounced the devil, and his angels, and all his worship; let us keep the renunciation; let us not, as a dog, return to its own vomit. The works of the devil are adulteries, fornications, impurities, envies, strife, contentions, hypocrisies, slanders, ironies, angers, grudges, condemnations, blasphemies, incantations, evil speakings. The signs of unbelief: lack of compassion, passions, antipathies, love of pleasure, stinginess, carousals, drunkennesses. And the devil's procession: prides, vainglories, conceit, arrogance, pomposity, ostentation, adornment of the body. Having renounced fellowship with all these, as we covenanted with Christ, let us be zealous for the virtues opposite to these: purity, self-control, poverty, patience, peace, love, sympathy, mercy, sharing with those in need, modest demeanor, and dress, and gait, true speech, humility, upon all things reproach

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ἀπαιτούμενοι, ὃν μὲν ἐραπίσατε, ὃν δὲ ἐν λάκκῳ βορβόρου κατεδικάσατε, ὃν δὲ ἐλιθοβολήσατε. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς καὶ κληρονόμος πάρειμι, αἰδέσθητέ μου τὴν υἱότητα, ἐντράπητέ μου τῆς πατρικῆς φύσεως τὸ ἀξίωμα. Ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλήλυθα. Ἐλεῶ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνός μου· εἰ καὶ πρὸς γῆν καταβέβηκα, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ Πατρός μου αὐλίζομαι. Ἀπόδοτέ μοι τοῦ ἀμπελῶνός μου τὸν καρπόν. Ἀλλ' ὄντως ὡς πονηροὶ γεωργοὶ ὑμεῖς τὸ ἔργον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐκπληρώσετε. Ἐκεῖνοι προφητοκτόνοι, ὑμεῖς καὶ θεοκτόνοι γενήσεσθε. Ἐπιδαψιλεύεσθε γὰρ τῇ κακίᾳ. Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ κληρονόμος, ὁ λίθος ὁ ἀκρογωνιαῖος, ὃν ὑμεῖς εἰ καὶ ἀπώσησθε, ἀλλὰ συντριβήσεσθε μὲν, ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς δύο λαοὺς συνάψω, τὰ διεστῶτα, τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις τὰ ἐπίγεια. ∆ι' ἐμοῦ ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀνθρώπων μία Ἐκκλησία γενήσεται. ∆ι' ἐμοῦ ἐχθροὶ ὄντες τῷ Πατρί μου καταλλαγήσεσθε. Εἰρηνεύσω γὰρ, καὶ σπονδὰς ποιήσομαι τῆς εἰρήνης τὸ ἐμοῦ αἷμα, ὅπερ ὑπὲρ τῆς κοσμικῆς ἐκχυθήσεται σωτηρίας. εʹ. Ταῦτα διὰ τῶν παραβολῶν αἰνιττόμενος, οὐκ ἔπειθεν. Ἐκάμμυσαν γὰρ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶ βαρέως ἤκουσαν. ∆ιὸ οὐκ ηὔγασεν αὐτοῖς τὸ φῶς τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου. Ὢ 96.585 τῆς ἀτόπου τῶν ἀνιέρων ἱερέων πωρώσεως! Αὐτοὶ ἑαυτοὺς κατεδίκαζον, οὐκ εἰδότες τί λέγουσιν. Αὐτοὶ γὰρ καθ' ἑαυτῶν ἐξήνεγκαν ψῆφον. Ἐρωτώμενοι γὰρ τί ποιήσει τοῖς γεωργοῖς ἐκείνοις, ἄκοντες ἀληθῶς ἀπεκρίναντο. Κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσει αὐτούς. ∆ίκαιον ὡς ἀληθῶς πάσχειν τὸν κακὸν ἐξ οἰκείας γενόμενον προαιρέσεως. Τὸν δὲ ἀμπελῶνα ἐκδώσεται ἑτέροις γεωργοῖς, οἵτινες ἀποδώσουσι τὸν καρπὸν ἐν καιρῷ. Ὡς ἱερεῖς καὶ τὸ τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἔχοντες ἀξίωμα, καὶ μὴ εἰδότες τὰ ἀληθῆ, προφητεύουσιν. Ἐκδέδοται γὰρ ὁ ἀμπελὼν, ὁ λαὸς Κυρίου, τοῖς γεωργοῖς οἳ ἀπέδωκαν τῷ ∆εσπότῃ πολύχουν καὶ πολυφόρον τὸν καρπόν. Εἰς γὰρ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν. Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων εἰρήνην, τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά! Οὗτοι ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων πορευόμενοι, τοὺς λύκους εἰς πρόβατα μετεποίησαν, τοὺς πάλαι διώκοντας Ἕλληνας, Χριστοῦ πρόβατα ἀπειργάσαντο, καὶ ἐκτήσαντο κυρίῳ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων. ϛʹ. ∆εῦτε οὖν, ἀδελφοὶ, ὅσοι τὸ τῆς πίστεως ἐλάβομεν ὄνομα, οἱ Χριστοῦ λαὸς ὀνομάζεσθαι κατηξιωμένοι, μὴ ἀθετήσωμεν τὴν κλῆσιν ἡμῶν μὴ τὴν πίστιν διὰ τῶν ἀτόπων ἔργων καταρυπώσωμεν. Οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τὸ ἀκούειν πιστὸν μόνον, ἀλλ' ἔργῳ τὴν πίστιν ἡμῶν ἐπιδειξώμεθα. ∆ύο γὰρ υἱοὶ, φησὶν, ἦσαν ἑνὶ πατρὶ, καὶ εἶπεν τῷ ἑνί· Πορεύου, ἐργάζου εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα. Ὁ δὲ ὑπέσχετο μὲν, οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε δὲ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν. Εἶτά φησι πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον. Ὁ δὲ ἀπηρνήσατο μὲν λόγῳ, ἔργῳ δὲ τὸ προσταχθὲν ἐξεπέρανε. Καὶ ψέγεται μὲν ὁ πρότερος, εὐφημεῖται δὲ ὁ δεύτερος. Καὶ ἡμεῖς τοίνυν μνησθῶμεν τῆς ἀποταγῆς, καὶ συνταγῆς τῆς γενομένης ἐν τῷ βαπτίσματι. Ἀπεταξάμεθα τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ λατρείᾳ αὐτοῦ· τηρήσωμεν τὴν ἀπόταξιν· μὴ ὡς κύων ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον ἔμετον ἐπιστρέψωμεν. Ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου εἰσὶν, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, ἀκαθαρσίαι, φθόνοι, ἔριδες, φιλονεικίαι, ὑποκρίσεις, καταλαλιαὶ, εἰρωνεῖαι, θυμοὶ, μνησικακίαι, κατακρίσεις, βλασφημίαι, ἐπαοιδίαι, ἐπιλαλιαί. Τὰ τῆς ἀπιστίας σημεῖα, ἀσπλαγχνίαι, προσπάθειαι, ἀντιπάθειαι, φιληδονίαι, φειδωλίαι, κῶμαι, μέθαι. Καὶ ἡ τοῦ διαβόλου πομπὴ, ὑπερηφανίαι, κενοδοξίαι, οἴησις, ἔπαρσις, τύφος, ἐπίδειξις, καλλωπισμὸς τοῦ σώματος. Τούτων ἁπάντων ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν κοινωνίαν, καθὰ συνεταξάμεθα τῷ Χριστῷ, τὰς ἐναντίας τούτων ἀρετὰς ζηλώσωμεν· ἁγνείαν, σωφροσύνην, πτωχείαν, ὑπομονὴν, εἰρήνην, ἀγάπην, συμπάθειαν, ἐλεημοσύνην, τὴν εἰς τοὺς δεομένους μετάδοσιν, σχῆμα, καὶ στολὴν, καὶ βάδισμα κόσμιον, λόγον ἀληθῆ, ταπείνωσιν, ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν