Matthew 25:14
For as a man, who was going to travel abroad, called his servants, and delivered to them his stock: and to one he gave five talents,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day, nor the season in which the Son of man cometh.
15to another two, and to another one; to each according to his ability: and then he took his journey.
Cross References
Matthew 25:14For as a man, who was going to travel abroad, called his servants, and delivered to them his stock: and to one he gave five talents,
Luke 16:1And He said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.
Luke 20:9Then He began to speak unto the people this parable, A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen and travelled abroad for a considerable time,
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whose means ye embraced the faith, even as the Lord gave success to each of them?
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit: and there are different offices, but the same Lord:
Ephesians 4:11And therefore He gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; to qualify holy men for the work of the ministry,
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 →