Matthew 25:14 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:14

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Called his own servants - God never makes the children of men proprietors of his goods. They are formed by his power, and upheld by his bounty; and they hold their lives and their goods, as in many of our ancient tenures, quamdiu domino placuerit - at the will of their Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Our Lord proceeds by a parable still plainer (if that can be) to declare the final reward of a harmless man. May God give all such in this their day, ears to hear and hearts to understand it! The kingdom of heaven - That is, the King of heaven, Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Their master delivered to them his goods: having appointed them to work (for Christ keeps no servants to be idle), he left them something to work upon. Christ's servants have and receive their all from him; for they are of themselves worth nothing, nor have any thing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the talents which we have now read is near akin to that of the ten virgins. Both direct our minds to the same important event: the second advent of Jesus Christ. Both bring before us the same persons: the members of the professing church of Christ. The virgins and the servants are one and the same people—but the same people regarded from a different point, and viewed on different sides. The practical lesson of each parable is the main point of difference: vigilance is the keynote of the first parable, diligence that of the second.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὥσπερ	Hōsper	[It is] like	G5618 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
ἀποδημῶν	apodēmōn	going on a journey	G589 →
ἐκάλεσεν	ekalesen	[who] called	G2564 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
ἰδίους	idious	[his] own	G2398 →
δούλους	doulous	servants	G1401 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παρέδωκεν	paredōken	delivered	G3860 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ὑπάρχοντα	huparchonta	possessions	G5225 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
leads to
- Matthew 25:14–30
  For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- John 10:3
  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- Luke 12:36–40
  Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
- Matthew 24:45–47
  Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.