Matthew 25:19
"After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
In Context
18But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money.
Cross References
Matthew 24:48But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, `My master is a long time in coming,'
Luke 16:1He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.
Romans 14:7For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.
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 →