"592.6. Ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς περί τινος μισοῦντος σε [f. 303r] καὶ λοιδοροῦντος, πέμψον ἢ δὸς αὐτῷ μικρὰν εὐλογίαν κατὰ τὴν δύναμίν σου, ἵνα ἔχεις παρρησίαν εἰπεῖν ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως· Ἄφες ἡμῖν, δέσποτα, τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν."

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If you hear of somebody hating and reviling you, send or offer him a small gift, so much as you are able, so that in the hour of judgement you will be able to say: “Lord-and-master, forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors” [Mt 6:12].