Matthew 25:14

FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

13Be wakeful therefore, for you know not that day nor the hour.

15To one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, each man according to his faculty; and forthwith went away.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property:

Luke 16:1AND he spake a parable to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a house-chief; and he was accused to him that his substance he wasted.

Luke 20:9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vinery, and let it to husbandmen, and removed for a great time.

1 Corinthians 3:5For who is Paulos, or who Apollo, but ministers by whom you have believed and each as the Lord gave to him?

1 Corinthians 12:4Now, there are distributions of gifts, but one is the Spirit;

Ephesians 4:11And he gave some who (are) apostles, and some who (are) prophets, and some who (are) evangelists, and some who (are) pastors, and some who (are) doctors;

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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