Going into another country (αποδημων). About to go away from one's people (δημος), on the point of going abroad. This word in anci…

For the kingdom of heaven, etc. This parable of the talents was spoken further to illustrate the manner in which he would deal wi…

For the kingdom of heaven — The words in italics are added for grammatical completeness, a common practice in older Bible translat…

Our Savior had been speaking of Himself as the heavenly Bridegroom; now He compares Himself to a man travelling into a far country. The wo…

Glossa Ordinaria: In the preceding parable is set forth the condemnation of those who have not prepared sufficient oil for the…

The introduction to this parable is somewhat abrupt; probably it is so tightly associated with the last one that it shares its introduction. Servan…

For [the kingdom of heaven] is as a man travelling
Our Lord adds another parable to illustrate the Gospel dispensati…

Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from Him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Ch…

Previously, the Lord tells a parable about the Judgment, in which some are condemned for not keeping the interior spiritual good they had received,…