MATTHEW 25:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:”
He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying: master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed. The one-talent servant's self-justifying report: I knew you to be a hard man. The accusation against the master is the servant's explanation for his behavior — he was afraid of the master's severity and therefore buried the talent rather than risk losing it in a failed investment.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:24
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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