508 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIV For thou shah be recompensedat the resurrectionof thejust. BEDE. And though all riseagain,yet it is calledthe re surrectionof thejust,because in the resurrectionthey doubt not that they are blessed. Whoever then bids the poor to his feastshallreceivea reward hereafter.But he who in viteshis friends,brothers,and the rich,has received his reward. But ifhe does thisforGod's sake afterthe example of the sons of Job, God, who Himself commanded allthe dutiesof brotherlylove,willreward him. CHRYS. But thou sayest,thepoor are uncleanand filthy.Wash him, and make him to sitwith thee at table. If he has dirtygarments,give him cleanones. Christcomes to thee through him, and dost thou standtrifling?GREG. NYSS. Do not then letthem lieas though they were nothing worth. Reflectwho they are,and thou wiltdiscovertheirpreciousness.They have put on the image of the Saviour. Heirs of futureblessings,bearing the keys of the kingdom, ableaccusersand excusers,not speak ing themselves,but examined by the judge. Chrys. CHRYS. It would become thee then to receivethem above iiAct in tne best chamber, but if thou shrinkest,at leastadmit Christbelow,where are the menials and servants. Let the poor man be at leastthy door-keeper. For where there is alms,the devildurstnot enter. And ifthou sittestnot down with them, at any rate send them the dishesfrom thy table. ORIGEN. But mystically,he who shuns vain-glorycallsto a spiritualbanquet the poor,that is,the ignorant,that he may enrich them ; the weak, that is,those with offended consciences,thathe may heal them ; the lame,thatis,those who have wandered from reason,that he may make their paths straight; the blind,that is,thosewho discernnot the truth,that they may behold the true light. But it is said, They cannotrecompensethee,i.e. they know not how to re turn an answer. 15. And when one of them thatsatat meat with Him heardthesethings,he saidunto Him, Blessedis he thatshalleatbreadinthe kingdom ofGod. 16. Then saidHe unto him, A certainman made a greatsupper,and bade many :