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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 20:1-16

Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 20:1

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430

Matt 20:1 · Douay-Rheims

“The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.”

On this verse:

“(de Sanc. Virg. 26.) Because that life eternal shall be equal to all the saints, a denarius is given to all; but forasmuch as in that life eternal the light of merits shall shine diversely, there are with the Father many mansions; so that under this same denarius bestowed unequally one shall not live longer than another, but in the many mansions one shall shine with more splendour than another.”

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