MATTHEW 25:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
His master said to him: well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master. The identical commendation for the two-talent servant communicates the truth that the commendation is based on proportional faithfulness, not absolute return. The servant with five talents is not more commended than the servant with two. The word-for-word identical response is the parable's most important structural element.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:23
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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