Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Rabanus Maurus
AD 856
Figuratively; Having sent away the multitude of unquiet Jews, He enters the Church of the Gentiles, and there expounds to believers heavenly sacraments, whence it follows, “And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”.
Observe, He says, “Those that do iniquity,” not, those who have done; because not they who have turned to penitence, but they only that abide in their sins are to be delivered to eternal torments.
That is, Let him understand who has understanding, because all these things are to be understood mystically, and not literally.
