Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 25:28-30

"Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." — Matthew 25:28-30 (ASV)

The servant who had gained five talents in addition to his lord’s five was allowed to keep them all, for his master spoke of him which has ten talents. The unused talent of the slothful servant was also given to him, for he who uses well that which is entrusted to him shall receive more.

He who has faith shall have more faith. He who has a taste for divine things shall develop a greater appetite for them. He who has some understanding of the mysteries of the kingdom shall understand them more fully, For unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance.

To lose the talent that had remained idle was only a small part of the doom of the unprofitable servant. His lord ordered him to be cast into outer darkness, and his punishment is indicated by that often-repeated refrain of our Savior's revelation of the horrors that await lost souls: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

If we give any description of the world to come that is at all terrible, we are supposed to have borrowed it from Dante or Milton, but the most awful and harrowing descriptions of hell that ever fell from human lips do not exceed the language of the loving Christ Himself. He is the true lover of men who faithfully warns them concerning the eternal woe that awaits the impenitent. While he who paints the miseries of hell as though they were merely trifling is seeking to murder men’s souls under the pretense of friendship.