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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 203: As Regards Virtuous Acts Done According to the Commandment of the Lord, is…
That there is not one measure in all, but that one is entrusted with more and shows proof of more, and another with less, is clear from the words of the Lord Who says in a certain place: ‘“And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word and understandeth it; who beareth fruit and doeth, one a hundredfold, one sixtyfold and one thirtyfold.”1 Which indeed we find in the case of those who received the pounds. And in another place He says: “To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one.”2
Notes
- Mt. xiii. 23.
- Mt. xxv.15.