His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:Thou knewest — That I require impossibilities! This is not an allowing, but a strong denial of the charge. read more
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.Thou oughtest therefore — On that very account, on thy own supposition, to have improved my talent, as far as was possible. read more
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.To every one that hath shall he given — So close does God keep to this stated rule, from the beginning to the end of the world. Matthew 13:12. read more
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness — For what? what had he done? It is true he had not done good. But neither is he charged with doing any harm. Why, for this reason, for barely doing no harm, he is consigned to outer darkness. He is pronounced a wicked, because he was a slothful, an unprofitable servant. So mere harmlessness, on which many build their hope of salvation,... read more
14. Man travelling into a far country Our Lord ascending into heaven, until he comes to judge the quick and the dead. His own servants The slaves of antiquity were frequently educated men, trained to the various kinds of business, and who toiled for the benefit of their masters. read more
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS, Matthew 25:14-30. The parable of the virgins illustrates the watch for the judgment in life or in death; so the parable of the talent teaches the duty of working while the day lasts. read more
15. Five talents… according to his several ability The word talents has acquired in our language, doubtless from this parable, the meaning of abilities. Yet this is not the meaning of the word in the parable. For the talents are said to be conferred according to their ability. The talent is plainly a trust to be discharged; a responsibility to be met. And every man in probation has a charge and office; and that task God imposes in proportion to our ability. read more
16. Made them other five talents As we say a man makes money. His five talents were a high duty to perform, proportioned to his high ability. The five other talents is an amount of good he had accomplished by his discharge of his task in life. He may have been a minister in the Church of God, and faithfully discharged his office. He may have been a wealthy man, on whom rested an office for distributing to the good of man and the glory of God, and that duty he may have liberally done. God... read more
18. Received one His duties were not as responsible as those of the man of five, yet he discharged them less faithfully. Hid his lord’s money He buried his responsibility to heaven under a load of earth. He merged the celestial in the terrestrial. He sunk duty in selfishness. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 25:25
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.And I was afraid — Lest if I had improved my talent, I should have had the more to answer for. So from this fear, one will not learn to read, another will not hear sermons! read more