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Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.`
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The Sin of Doing Nothing
Commentators stress that the servant was condemned not for an evil act, but for the good he failed to do. His sin was one of omission. Scholars explain that the Greek for "unprofitable" means useless, leading to the conclusion that "doing nothing is doing harm." This is a solemn warning against spiritual passivity and neglecting the gifts God provides.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And cast, etc. (See Barnes on Matthew 8:12).
The spiritual meaning of the parable may be thus summed up:
The unprofitable (τον αχρειον). Useless (α privative and χρειος, useful) and so unprofitable, injurious. Doing nothing is doing ha…
19th Century
Anglican
Cast ye the unprofitable servant... — We have so far considered the special punishment of sloth, but it is not comp…
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Baptist
If we give any description of the world to come which is at all terrible, those who reject the Scriptures begin to cry out that we have borrowed it…
The talent entrusted to this wicked servant is taken from him, and the relationship between master and servant is severed. The talent is given to t…
16th Century
Protestant
And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. We have also explained,695 under Matthew 8:12, that outer darkness
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And cast you the unprofitable servant All the servants of Christ are unprofitable with respect to God; for no man ca…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord tells a parable about the Judgment, in which some are condemned for not keeping the interior spiritual good they had received,…
