MATTHEW 25:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The worthless servant's destination is the outer darkness with weeping and gnashing of teeth — the same destination as the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:34), the man without a wedding garment (Matthew 22:13), and the wicked servant of Matthew 24:51. The outer darkness communicates exclusion from the wedding feast's light and joy.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:30
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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