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The two who had received most employed their money in trade, and by honest industry doubled it before their master returned; representing the condu…

We are grieved to know that there are people with five talents, and others with two talents, who do as this man did. However, the case is put this …

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

“At once” relates to the good servants’ promptness to put the money to work by setting up some business and working with the capital to make it gro…

And likewise he that received two Talents, or a lesser measure of ministerial gifts:
he also gained ot…

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,…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes