2 Peter 1:8; Haggai 1:2-4; Hebrews 6:12; Luke 19:20; Malachi 1:10; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 26:13-16
Digged in the earth ... - This represents the conduct of those who neglect the abilities that God has given, and fail to do what he has required....
The Parable of the Talents ( cf. Luke 19:11-27 ). There is also a resemblance to Mark 13:33-37 , especially Matthew 25:34 . Loisy thinks this p...
went . went off. earth . ground. Greek. ge. App-129.
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. But he that had received one went and digged in the eart...
The Ten Viegins. The Talents. The Sheep and the Goats The whole of this a, which is entirely concerned with the Second Advent, and contains some o...
Parable of the Talents (distinct from, though similar to, that of the Pounds, Luke 19:11-27 , q.v.). The parable is intended for all Christians, w...
Digged in the earth ] The man who hides his talent, is he who neither employs his abilities for his own spiritual advantage, nor for that of others....
He that had received one ... — There is something strikingly suggestive in the fact that those who had received the higher sums were “good and fait...
Chapter 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1-51 & Matthew 25:1-46 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now cl...
by Faithfulness Win Reward Matthew 25:14-30 We are not only guests, but servants, who must give an account of their stewardship. Each bond slav...
"Then." This gives us the time in which the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened unto ten virgins. That Kingdom passes through many phases, but just bef...
"For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. (15) And unto o...
But he that received one ,.... Talent, or the least degree of gifts, for the ministry of the word: went and digged in the earth, and hid his Lord'...
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. Ver. 18. Digged it in the earth ] Through sloth and pride; a...
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded, &c. Thus the servants of Christ should consider the gifts or talents which they hav...
"Then," that is, at the time when things must be brought to their proper conclusion, "shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins." These...
The Parable of the Talents. 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling...
Ver. 16-18. This part in the parable only showeth the different use that men and women make of those gifts, whether of common providence or of grace,...
The Parable of the Talents (25:14-30). In this third of three major parables on the need to be ready for His coming Jesus likens Himself to a man...
“But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.” But the one who received the one talent, which did not after...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 25:14 . For the kingdom of heaven , etc.—See R.V. Servants .—Slaves. Delivered unto them his goods .—The outward framew...
Matthew 25:14-30 In the case of the unprofitable servant as it emerges in the latter portion of the parable, three points demand our attention sep...
Matthew 25:16-21 The Servants at Work. I. It is the great law of labour which the Gospel affirms here, in the example of those two men doubling t...
Matthew 25:14 . For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods....
Matthew 25:1 . Ten virgins took their lamps to meet the bridegroom. Homer names the like custom among the Greeks, of the bridegroom being preseded...
Who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. Life a journey 1. There is a variety of circumstances which will attend the bel...
EXPOSITION Matthew 25:1-40 Parable of the ten virgins. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) This parable, as a continuation of the teaching of the...
The Parable of the Talents. The talents entrusted:
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. The transition from the previous parable to this one is very...
He that had received one — Made his having fewer talents than others a pretence for not improving any. Went and hid his master's money — Reader, ar...
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.