MATTHEW 25:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For 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.”
For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. The principle stated explicitly: the abundance that results from faithful stewardship; the taking-away that results from unfaithful preservation. The same principle governs both the parable of the talents and the sower's good-soil harvest versus the closed-heart's total loss.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:29
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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