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Master; and through the fear of our own sins we will be able to quickly thrust 51.30 away the anger at the offenses of others; for if we must be mindful of sins, we must be mindful of our own alone; and if we remember our own, we will never take account of others'; just as, then, if we forget these, those will easily find a place in our thoughts. For if this man had remembered the ten thousand talents, he would not have been mindful of the one hundred denarii; but because he forgot those, for this reason he was choking his fellow servant over these, and wishing to demand a small amount, he neither obtained those, but also drew down the weight of the ten thousand talents onto his own head. For this reason I would say with confidence, that this is more grievous than every sin; or rather, not I, but Christ declared this through this parable. For if this were not more grievous than the ten thousand talents—I mean, of the unspeakable sins—he would not have recalled those also on account of this. So then, let us be zealous for nothing so much as to be pure from anger, and to reconcile those who are ill-disposed towards us, knowing that neither prayer, nor almsgiving, nor fasting, nor communion of the mysteries, nor anything else of this kind, if we bear a grudge, will be able to help us on that day; just as, then, if we overcome this sin, even if we have ten thousand offenses, we will be able to obtain some pardon. And the word is not mine, but His who is to judge us then, God’s. For just as he said here, that So also will my Father do, unless each of you forgive from your hearts; so also elsewhere he says: If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. So that, then, both here we may lead a meek and quiet life, and there we may obtain pardon and forgiveness, let us be zealous and make it our business to reconcile to ourselves as many enemies as we may have; for thus also we will reconcile our Master, even if we have sinned ten thousand times, and we will obtain the good things to come; of which may we all be deemed worthy, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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∆εσπότην· καὶ τῷ φόβῳ τῶν οἰκείων ἁμαρτημάτων τὸν θυμὸν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις πλημμελήμασι ταχέως ἀπ51.30 ώσασθαι δυνησόμεθα· εἰ γὰρ δεῖ μεμνῆσθαι ἁμαρτημάτων, τῶν οἰκείων δεῖ μεμνῆσθαι μόνον· ἐὰν δὲ τῶν οἰκείων μνημονεύσωμεν, οὐδέποτε τὰ ἀλλότρια λογιούμεθα· ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν τούτων ἐπιλανθανώμεθα, ἐκεῖνα ῥᾳδίως ἐμφιλοχωρήσει τοῖς ἡμετέροις λογισμοῖς. Καὶ γὰρ οὗτος εἰ τῶν μυρίων ταλάντων ἐμέμνητο, οὐκ ἂν ἐμνήσθη τῶν ἑκατὸν δηναρίων· ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ἐκείνων ἐπελάθετο, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπὲρ τούτων ἦγχε τὸν σύνδουλον, καὶ ὀλίγα βουλόμενος ἀπαιτῆσαι, οὔτε ἐκείνων ἐπέτυχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν μυρίων ταλάντων τὸν ὄγκον εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ κεφαλὴν ἐπεσπάσατο. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο θαῤῥῶν ἂν εἴποιμι, ὅτι πάσης ἁμαρτίας αὕτη χαλεπωτέρα· μᾶλλον δὲ οὐκ ἐγὼ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ ὁ Χριστὸς διὰ τῆς παραβολῆς ταύτης τοῦτο ἀπεφήνατο. Εἰ γὰρ μὴ μυρίων ταλάντων, λέγω δὴ τῶν ἀφάτων ἁμαρτημάτων, αὕτη χαλεπωτέρα ἦν, οὐκ ἂν διὰ ταύτην κἀκεῖνα ἀνεκαλέσατο. Οὕτω μηδὲν τοίνυν σπουδάζωμεν, ὡς ὀργῆς καθαρεύειν, καὶ τοὺς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀηδῶς ἔχοντας καταλλάττειν, εἰδότες ὅτι οὔτε εὐχὴ, οὔτε ἐλεημοσύνη, οὔτε νηστεία, οὔτε κοινωνία μυστηρίων, οὔτε ἄλλο τῶν τοιούτων οὐδὲν, ἐὰν μνησικακῶμεν, δυνήσεται ἡμῶν προστῆναι κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην· ὥσπερ οὖν ἐὰν ταύτης περιγενώμεθα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, κἂν μυρία ἔχωμεν πλημμελήματα, δυνησόμεθά τινος συγγνώμης τυχεῖν. Καὶ οὐχὶ ἐμὸς ὁ λόγος, ἀλλ' αὐτοῦ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἡμᾶς τότε κρίνειν Θεοῦ. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα εἶπεν, ὅτι Οὕτω ποιήσει καὶ ὁ Πατήρ μου, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν· οὕτω καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν· Ἐὰν ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος. Ἵνα οὖν καὶ ἐνταῦθα πρᾶον καὶ ἤρεμον διάγωμεν βίον, κἀκεῖ συγχωρήσεως καὶ ἀφέσεως τύχωμεν, σπουδάζωμεν καὶ πραγματευώμεθα, ὅσους ἐὰν ἔχωμεν ἐχθροὺς, καταλλάττειν ἡμῖν· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ τὸν ∆εσπότην ἡμῶν, κἂν μυρία ὦμεν ἡμαρτηκότες, καταλλάξομεν, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐπιτευξόμεθα ἀγαθῶν· ὧν γένοιτο πάντας ἡμᾶς ἀξιωθῆναι, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.