MATTHEW 25:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.”
And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying: master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more. The five-talent servant's report to the master: transparent accounting and the presentation of the gain. The here I have made five talents more communicates the servant's pride in faithful stewardship — not self-congratulation but the satisfaction of the one who has fully used what was entrusted.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:20
In the foregoing parable is set forth the condemnation of such as have not prepared sufficient oil for themselves, whether by oil is meant the brightness of good works, or inward joy of conscience, or alms paid in money.
This parable is delivered against those who will not assist their neighbours either with money, or words, or in any other way, but hide all that they have.
The man in travelling into a far country is our Redeemer, who ascended into heaven in that flesh which He had taken upon Him. For the proper home of the flesh is the earth, and it, as it were, travels into a foreign country, when it is placed by the Redeemer in heaven.
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