The Instructor 3.12.93

Servants who do wrong should not be punished but rebuked; “for he who spares his rod,” it says, “hates his son.” Further, he drives away love of glory, saying, “Woe to you, Pharisees, for you love the first seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.” He welcomes the repentance of the sinner, loving the repentance that follows sins; for the Word himself alone is without sin; for to sin is natural and common to all, but to turn back from sin is the mark not of an ordinary man but of a remarkable one. Concerning sharing, he said, “Come to me, all you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” And when have we done any of these things for the Lord? The Instructor himself will say again, lovingly referring the good deeds done to the brethren to himself: “Inasmuch as you did it to these little ones, you did it to me. And such people will go away into eternal life.”