Thou wicked and slothful servant (πονηρε δουλε κα οκνηρε). From πονος (work, annoyance, disturbance, evil) and οκνεω (to be slow, …

Slothful. Indolent, lazy, who had done nothing. God will judge men not merely for doing wrong, but for not doing right. See Matthew 25:45.…

Thou wicked and slothful servant—The words of the master pierce below the false excuse, and reveal the faults which had e…

His lord took the wicked and slothful servant on his own ground and condemned him out of his own mouth. The master did not mean to admit t…

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

The master condemns the servant on the basis of the servant’s own words, which prove his guilt. If the master really was so harsh and greedy, shoul…

His Lord answered and said unto him
Resenting, as he well might, not only his indolence and sloth, his neglect of hi…

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,…