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or a covetous man shall not walk about; into my kingdoms a thief or a reviler shall not approach; into the altar above a liar or a slanderer or a drunkard shall not enter; into my house a lover of money or a defrauder shall not rest; into the heavenly veil an unclean or licentious or profane man does not pass through; into eternal rest a slothful or sleepy or murderous man shall not pass through; my supper an angry or grumbling or resentful man shall not touch; into my bridal chamber a babbler or a storyteller or a jester shall not lodge at all; into the eternal tabernacles a shameless or envious man has no inheritance.

Let no one be deceived; no unrighteous man or anyone of that kind will be deemed worthy of the kingdom of heaven; but only those will enter who are generous, the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the pure in heart, and the peacemakers; such as these will enter into the kingdom of heaven, and they will rejoice and be glad, for their reward is great in heaven. But you, inhuman and unmerciful ones, go into the outer fire, which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For just as you did not show mercy, so you will not receive mercy. Therefore, depart from me, you workers of iniquity; go into the eternal darkness, you cursed and hated ones, where the worm does not sleep, and the fire is not quenched; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Therefore, having learned these things, brothers, come, and let us turn from our wicked way; let us repent, let us groan, let us beat our breast, let us who are drowsy be watchful, let us wake up, let us weep for our sins; and if we have falsely accused or robbed anyone of anything, let us restore it, that we may not be condemned; let us show mercy, that we may find mercy. And if we have anything against anyone, either poor or rich, let us forgive all from our very heart, as Christ commanded, lest we also be judged and condemned on the day of judgment, like those unmerciful and misanthropic 60.705 people.

Let us become compassionate toward one another, philanthropic, gentle, lovers of good, kind, long-suffering, helping one another, bearing with one another, forgiving one another, correcting one another, admonishing one another, bearing one another's burdens; that we may both escape the experience of the aforementioned punishments, and having completed the present 60.706 life in the forgiveness of sins, we may attain the eternal good things, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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ἢ πλεονέκτης οὐ μὴ περιπατήσει· εἰς τὰ ἐμὰ βασίλεια κλέπτης ἢ λοίδορος οὐ μὴ προσεγγίσει· εἰς τὸ ἄνω θυσιαστήριον ψεύστης ἢ κατάλαλος ἢ μέθυσος οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται· εἰς τὸν ἐμὸν οἶκον φιλάργυρος ἢ ἀποστερητὴς οὐκ ἀναπαύσεται· εἰς τὸ οὐράνιον καταπέτασμα ἀκάθαρτος ἢ ἀσελγὴς ἢ βέβηλος οὐ διέρχεται· εἰς αἰωνίαν ἀνάπαυσιν ῥᾴθυμος ἢ ὑπνώδης ἢ ἀνδροφόνος οὐ διελεύσεται· εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν δεῖπνον ὀργίλος ἢ γογγυστὴς ἢ μνησίκακος οὐ μὴ προσψαύσει· εἰς τὸν ἐμὸν νυμφῶνα φλύαρος ἢ μυθολόγος ἢ γελωτοποιὸς οὐδὲ ὅλως αὐλισθήσεται· εἰς αἰώνια σκηνώματα ἀναίσχυντος ἢ φθονερὸς κληρονομίαν οὐκ ἔχει.

Μηδεὶς πλανάσθω· οὐδεὶς ἄδικος ἤ τις τῶν τοιούτων εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐ καταξιωθήσεται· ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνοι μόνον εἰσελεύσονται, οἱ εὐμετάδοτοι, οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, οἱ πενθοῦντες, οἱ πραεῖς, οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες δικαιοσύνην, οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί· οἱ τοιοῦτοι εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ χαρήσονται καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται, ὅτι ὁ μισθὸς αὐτῶν πολὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. Ὑμεῖς δὲ, οἱ ἀπάνθρωποι καὶ ἀνελεήμονες, πορεύεσθε εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἐξώτερον, τὸ ἡτοιμασμένον τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ. Ὥσπερ γὰρ οὐκ ἠλεήσατε, οὕτω δὴ ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἐλεηθήσεσθε. Λοιπὸν ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, οἱ ἐργάται τῆς ἀνομίας· ὑπάγετε εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ αἰώνιον, οἱ κατηραμένοι καὶ μεμισημένοι, ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ ὁ ἀκοίμητος, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. Καὶ ἀπελεύσονται οὗτοι εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Ταῦτα τοίνυν μαθόντες, ἀδελφοὶ, δεῦτε, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἡμῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς· μετανοήσωμεν, στενάξωμεν, τύψωμεν τὸ στῆθος, γρηγορήσωμεν οἱ νυστάζοντες, ἐξυπνίσωμεν, δακρύσωμεν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν· καὶ εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφαντήσαμεν ἢ ἡρπάσαμεν, ἀποδῶμεν, ἵνα μὴ κατακριθῶμεν· ἐλεήσωμεν, ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἔλεος. Καὶ εἴ τι ἔχομεν κατά τινος ἢ πένητος ἢ πλουσίου, πάντα συγχωρήσωμεν ἀπ' αὐτῆς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν, ὡς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐκέλευσε, μή πως κατακριθῶμεν καὶ καταδικασθῶμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, καθὼς ἐκεῖνοι οἱ ἀνελεήμονες καὶ μισ60.705 άνθρωποι.

Γενώμεθα εἰς ἀλλήλους εὔσπλαγχνοι, φιλάνθρωποι, ἥμεροι, φιλάγαθοι, ἐπιεικεῖς, μακρόθυμοι, ἀλλήλοις βοηθοῦντες, ἀλλήλους ὑπομένοντες, ἀλλήλοις συγχωροῦντες, ἀλλήλους διορθούμενοι, ἀλλήλους νουθετοῦντες, ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζοντες· ἵνα καὶ τῶν προειρημένων κολάσεων τὴν πεῖραν διαφύγωμεν, καὶ τὸν παρόντα 60.706 βίον ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν διανύσαντες, τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν ἐπιτύχωμεν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, ἅμα τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.