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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 25:1-46

"Then." This gives us the time in which the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened unto ten virgins. That Kingdom passes through many phases, but just before the coming of the King this will be its character. Note especially that the ten virgins are required to give a correct idea of the Kingdom. Again, to interpret the next parable rightly, we must remember it concerns the servants of the King. He has not committed His goods to rebels, but to His own. To apply this parable to all men is to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:29

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE‘Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.’ Matthew 25:29 The words of the text, if we did not know by Whom they were spoken, would perhaps suggest to us rather a sad and half-cynical maxim of the world’s philosophy than the law by which grace is bestowed by God for man’s discipline and recovery from sin. I. A law of nature.—They are plainly true, indeed, as far as this... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:30

NO NEUTRALITY‘Cast ye the unprofitable servant.… gnashing of teeth.’ Matthew 25:30 The Advent warning, contained in parable of unprofitable servant, is directed against the sin of despised opportunities and a wasted life.The smallest amount entrusted to the servant, but he must render account for all that. It is ‘his lord’s money.’ So with us; influence, position, talents, wealth are entrusted property—‘Occupy till I come.’ I. The root of the offence was in the hard thoughts of God and His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:14-30

The Parable of the Talents (25:14-30). In this third of three major parables on the need to be ready for His coming Jesus likens Himself to a man who goes to another country and hands over control of all that He has to servants so that they can look after His affairs. Two of them do well and double what He gives them. They receive His “well done!” But one makes no use of what he is given and buries it in the ground in order to keep it safe. When called on to give account he admits that he... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:29

“For to every one who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” And thus was fulfilled the proverb that to those who ‘have’, because they have been good and faithful, will more be given. They will receive an abundance. But as regards the man who was unfaithful, and had therefore handed back all that he had been entrusted with, even what he had would be taken away from him, both his talent and his life. (This would have applied... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:30

“And cast you out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.” These words are left until the end so as to bring out their emphasis. This was what the parable was finally leading up to. It is not an added note, it is at the heart of the parable, the failure of men and women to respond to Jesus Christ with their lives. Jesus was warning all who were listening, that this was what had to be avoided at all costs. For the one who refuses to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-Amos : . The Parable of the Talents ( cf. Luke 19:11-Daniel :).— There is also a resemblance to Mark 13:33-Haggai :, especially Matthew 25:34. Loisy thinks this parable had originally no reference to the Parousia and the Judgment, but was simply meant to show that reward in the Kingdom of Heaven is proportionate to merit. As it stands, however, it is akin to the preceding parable of the bridesmaids. Though the Parousia be long delayed ( Matthew 25:19) it will surely come, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 25:28-30

God often in this life deprives men and women of those gifts which he hath given them, and they do not make use of for the glory of his name, and the good of their and others’ souls, the great ends for which he hath entrusted them with them. But this seems not to be here intended, this text referring to the day of judgment: all therefore that we are to understand by this is; That no man’s gifts, whether of nature or providence, of what advantage soever they have been to him in this life, will... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 25:14-30

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 25:14. For the kingdom of heaven, etc.—See R.V. Servants.—Slaves. Delivered unto them his goods.—The outward framework of the parable lies in the Eastern way of dealing with property in the absence of the owner. Two courses were open as an approximation to what we call investment. The more primitive and patriarchal way was for the absentee to make his slaves his agents. They were to till his land and sell the produce, or to use the money which he left with them as capital... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30 In the case of the unprofitable servant as it emerges in the latter portion of the parable, three points demand our attention separately and successively the Reason, the Nature, and the Reward of his unfaithfulness. I. The reason of his unfaithfulness, as explained by himself is, "I knew thee that thou art an hard man," etc. The parable represents at once, with rich personal effect and strict logical exactness, the legal relation of sinful men to a righteous God, apart from... read more

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