Third Parable
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10. μακάριοι οί βχοντβς καί σννιέντες οτι παρά του κυρίου πλου τίζονται6 yap σννίων τούτο δννήσεται καί διακονήσαί τι αγαθόν.
έχοντα φύλλα, άλλά ώσεί ξηρά έδόκει ροι είναιΟμοια yap ήν πάντα, λέγει ροιβλέπεις, φησί, τά δένδρα ταύτα; βλέπω, φηρι, κύριε, οροια όντα καί ξηρά. αποκριθείς ροι λέγειταύτα τά δένδρα, ά βλέπεις, οί κατοικούντές είσιν έν τώ αίώνι τούτω. 2. διατί, φηρί, ούν, κύριε, ώσεί ξηρά καί όμοια έστιν; οτι, φησίν, ούτε οί δίκαιοι φαίνονται ούτε οί αμαρτωλοί έν τώ αίώνι τούτω,
άλλά όροιοί είσιν ό γάρ αιών ούτος δικαίοις χειρών έστιν, καί ού φαίνονται ρετά τών άραρτωλών κατοικούντες.
3. ώσπερ γάρ τώ χειμώνι τά δένδρα άποβεβληκότα τά φύλλα όροιά έστιν καϊ ού φαίνεται τά ξηρά ποΐά έστιν ή τά ζώντα, ούτως έν τώ αίώνι τούτω ού φαί νονται ούτε οί δίκαιοι ούτε οί άραρτωλοί, άλλά πάντες όροιοί είσιν.
1 : ενγεγραμμένος Μ ( L 2 Ε C 16 γ €γραμμένος P B e r ΡΟχ vid. F L 2 ) : επιγεγραμμένος Α 17 αγαθόν ΡΟχ Μ A L L Ε C 2 : om.
(PBer)Ll 18 παραβολή γ' Μ L 2 (L.1): άρχή άλλης παραβολής Α: ]θ παραβολή δ Ρ ° χ : παραβολή δ' C 2 : om. Ε
PARABLES 52 (III) be recorded in the books of the living. 10. Happy are those who have possessions and understand that their riches have come from the Lord; for the one who understands this will also be able to perform a good ministry."
Third Parable 52 (III) He showed me many trees that did not have leaves but appeared to me to be withered. And they were all alike. He said to me, "Do you see these trees?" "I see them, Lord," I replied. "They are like one another and withered." He said, "These trees you see are the people who dwell in this age." 2. "Why, then, Lord," I asked, "do they seem withered and like one another?" "Because," he said, neither the upright nor the sinners stand out clearly in this age, but they are like one another. For this age is a winter for those who are upright: they do not stand out clearly while dwelling with the sinners. 3. For just as the trees that shed their leaves in the winter all look alike, with the with ered indistinguishable from the living, so too in this age it is not clear who the upright are and who the sinners, but they all appear alike."
19 μή Μ A L L C 2: om. Ε 20 h . . . τοντω A L L : om. Μ C 2 Ε