Origen, on Matt 25:14

“For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods;”

“The Lord did not allow that He was a hard man as the servant supposed, but He assented to all his other words. But He is indeed hard to those who abuse the mercy of God to suffer themselves to become remiss, and use it not to be converted.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.