Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers)

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because I slandered the anchorite,
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“Let us pray for him instead.
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But when she had compelled him by force,
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and I lied about him.
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she touched him
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Perhaps he will arise.”
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And he did not do anything to me.
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But it was some other youth.”
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and drew him in.
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My servant came to me, saying,
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As for him, when he realized
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“The woman was not able to give birth,
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that it was for defilement that she was drawing him in,
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he groaned and cried out
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until she confessed,
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“Lord, save me in this hour because of the prayers of my father.”
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“The anchorite had nothing to do with me
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And when he had said this,
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but I lied about him.”
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And look, the whole village wants to come here in order to repent.”
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instantly he found himself beside the river going to the monastery.
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And he was taken safely to his father.
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When I heard these things,
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so that the people would not bother me,
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I came to this place, to Scetis.
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This is the reason why I came here.

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