Matthew 25:29

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

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

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:19-30

Matthew 25:19-30 The Account to be rendered. I. Is not the servant who had received least a type of the insignificant of the earth, of the immerse mass of those who are commonly called the proletaires the disinherited of here below? Why does Jesus show him alone to be guilty, alone justly punished, whilst an approbation without reserve is given to those who have received much, and who only have been faithful? Is it thus, then, that things go on? Should the Divine lesson have been directed to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:29

Matthew 25:29 Talents improved are multiplied; talents misimproved are resumed by their owner. Apply this principle of the Divine government: (1) To personal endowments; (2) to providential advantages; (3) to religious privileges; (4) to spiritual blessings; (5) to opportunities of Christian work. G. Brooks, Five Hundred Outlines of Sermons, p. 372. References: Matthew 25:29 . R. Heber, Parish Sermons, vol. i., p. 165.Matthew 25:30 . J. Natt, Plain Sermons, p. 384; S. Greg, A Layman's... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:1-46

Shall we turn now to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-five? In the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew's gospel the disciples came to Jesus and asked Him what would be the signs that would precede the destruction of the temple, and then the signs of thy coming, and the end of the age. He had just left the scribes and the Pharisees, and told them that they would not see Him again, until they said, "blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord".And so Jesus was referring to another coming. And so... read more

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