Matthew 25:19
Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
In Context
18But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver.
Cross References
Matthew 24:48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,
Luke 16:1And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:15-31
The Parable of the Talents. 14 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 one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had… Read the whole commentary →