Matthew 25:14

For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

13Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

15to one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one: to each, according to his ability: and he immediately departed.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;

Luke 16:1And he spoke a parable to his disciples. There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and accusations were brought to him of him, that he squandered his property.

Luke 20:9And he began to utter this similitude to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to cultivators, and went abroad for a long time.

1 Corinthians 3:5For, who is Paul, or who is Apollos, but the ministers by whom ye believed, each one as the Lord gave to him?

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

Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, 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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