Matthew 13:43

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II

ut to confusion, when they affirm that such a Master was more highly toned [in spirit] and better than others, and yet manifestly give instruction of a kind utterly opposed to His teaching? And, again, if there were really no such thing as good and evil, but certain things were deemed righteous, and certain others unrighteous, in human opinion only, He never would have expressed Himself thus in His teaching: "The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father; "[281]

Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments " And the Lord has said the same thing in the Gospel: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun."[204]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

For the second death is the lake of fire that burneth. And again the Lord says, "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun shineth in his glory."[167]

Excerpts of Theodotus

But some as head, some as eyes, some as ears, some as hands, some as breasts, some as feet, shall be set, resplendent, in the sun. "Shine forth as the sun,"[85]

Revelation of Saint John the Theologian

and shall shine like the sun.[46]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

Then above all "shall the righteous shine," no longer differently as at the first, but all "as one sun in the kingdom of their Father."[11]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

Then, as if to indicate that there was indeed a hidden meaning, perhaps, in all that is concerned with the explanation of the parable, perhaps most of all in the saying, "Then shall the righteous shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father," the Saviour adds, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear,"[12]