Matthew 25:14

For it is like when a man was about to go into another country. He called his own servants and gave over to them his wealth.

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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.

In Context

13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

15To one of them he gave five talents, to another he gave two, and to yet another he gave one talent. Each one received an amount according to his own ability, and that man went on his journey.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For it is like when a man was about to go into another country. He called his own servants and gave over to them his wealth.

Luke 16:1Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and it was reported to him that this manager was wasting his possessions.

Luke 20:9He told the people this parable, “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to vine growers, and went into another country for a long time.

1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Apollos? Who is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, to each of whom the Lord gave tasks.

1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

Ephesians 4:11Christ gave some to be apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14

The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →

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