These words of Scripture have surely experienced their share of analysis and proclamation over time. But since the foolish as well as the wise took their lamps and went forth with them to meet the Bridegroom, these lighted lamps and this advance a certain way in company with the wise, must denote that Christian profession which is common to all who bear the Christian name; while the insufficiency of this without something else, of which they never possessed themselves, shows that "the foolish" mean those who, with all that is common to them with real Christians, lack the essential preparation for meeting Christ. This supply of oil, then, representing that inward grace which distinguishes the wise, must denote, more particularly, that "supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ," which, as it is the source of the new spiritual life at the first, is the secret of its enduring character. In recent years, some have argued that because Matthew 1:25 uses the Greek words heos hou for âuntilâ whereas the texts I mentioned above from the New Testament use heos alone, there is a difference in meaning. to every man according to his several ability--his natural capacity as enlisted in Christ's service, and his opportunities in providence for employing the gifts bestowed on him. This is the astonishing interpretation which Jesus says "the King" will give to them of their own actions here below. sick . And remember, that Judge has come in His glory, and now sits upon the throne of His glory, and all the holy angels are with Him; and that it is from those glorified Lips that the words come forth, "Ye did all this unto ME." 42 For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me. Ah! 3. 8. 27. thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers--the banker. the unprofitable servant--the useless servant, that does his Master no service. Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained besides them five talents more--How beautifully does this illustrate what the beloved disciple says of "boldness in the day of judgment," and his desire that "when He shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming!" Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. It is as an explanation of the former parables. How graphic and appalling this picture of one almost saved--but lost! What thoughts crowd upon us as we listen to such a description of the scenes of the Last Judgment! say unto them on his right hand, Come--the same sweet word with which He had so long invited all the weary and heavy laden to come unto Him for rest. The word in both clauses, being in the original the same, should have been the same in the translation also. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 16 The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more. Yes, that scene was all with Me," replies the King--"Me in the disguise of My poor ones. Thoughts on the Gospel â Parable of the Talents â Matthew 25 14 30 â Meaning and Commentary The parable of the talents tells of a master who, before leaving for the journey, distributed his possessions to the servants. 18. But this is evidently just a structural device; and the real difference between the two classes who profess to love the Lord's appearing is a radical one--the possession by the one class of an enduring principle of spiritual life, and the want of it by the other. Any unauthorized use, without prior written consent of Catholic Online is strictly forbidden and prohibited. and straightway took his journey--Compare Matthew 21:33 , where the same departure is ascribed to God, after setting up the ancient economy. 25. If it be said, But how can this be the general judgment, if only those within the Christian pale be embraced by it?--we answer, What is here described, as it certainly does not meet the case of all the family of Adam, is of course so far not general. He gave them five, two, and one talent-bags ⦠Now it is addressed exclusively to such as have come and found rest. The argument goes that Heos hou indicates the action of the first clause does not continue. In the last parable it was that of servants waiting for their absent Lord; in this it is that of virgin attendants on a Bride, whose duty it was to go forth at night with lamps, and be ready on the appearance of the Bridegroom to conduct the Bride to his house, and go in with him to the marriage. Then he set out. ", 12 But he replied, "In truth I tell you, I do not know you.". And likewise he that had received two he also gained other two--each doubling what he received, and therefore both equally faithful. If you donate just $5.00, or whatever you can, Catholic Online could keep thriving for years. on StudyLight.org It must be others than we that are addressed, who never knew, in all their good deeds, what they were about?" 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. This parable, while closely resembling it, is yet a different one from that of THE POUNDS, in Luke 19:11-27 ; though CALVIN, OLSHAUSEN, MEYER, and others identify them--but not DE WETTE and NEANDER. And these shall go away--these "cursed" ones. Other explanations will come up in the course of our exposition. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. CHAPTER 25. Besides being inconsistent with the general tenor of such language, and particularly the solemn moral of the whole ( Matthew 25:13 ), it is a kind of criticism which tampers with some of the most awful warnings regarding the future. . But this is too general; for it cannot be for nothing that this inward grace is here set forth by the familiar symbol of oil, by which the Spirit of all grace is so constantly represented in Scripture. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not--The attempt to establish a difference between "I know you not" here, and "I never knew you" in Matthew 7:23 --as if this were gentler, and so implied a milder fate, reserved for "the foolish" of this parable--is to be resisted, though advocated by such critics as OLSHAUSEN, STIER, and ALFORD. Compare Matthew 13:42 , 2 Thessalonians 1:9 , &c. This is said to be "prepared for the devil and his angels," because they were "first in transgression." 29 For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has. 12. 1:25. Gospel of Matthew 25:1-13. This is clearly the precise opposite of God's economic plan of providing enough for everyone as described in Leviticus 25 and 2 Corinthians 8 and implied by Jesus' mission to bring good news to the poor. 33 He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Stay up to date with the latest news, information, and special offers. They did not perhaps despise them before, but they thought them righteous overmuch; now they are forced, with bitter mortification, to wish they were like them. His lord said unto him, Well done--a single word, not of bare satisfaction, but of warm and delighted commendation. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25 November 3, 2020 by Ian Paul The lectionary gospel reading for the third Sunday before Advent at the end of Year A is Matt 25.1â13, known as the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Commentary on Matthew 25:31-46 (Read Matthew 25:31-46) This is a description of the last judgment. While, as TRENCH observes with his usual felicity, "the virgins were represented as waiting for their Lord, we have the servants working for Him; there the inward spiritual life of the faithful was described; here his external activity. Since the parable was designed to hold forth the prepared and the unprepared to meet Christ at His coming, and how the unprepared might, up to the very last, be confounded with the prepared--the structure of the parable behooved to accommodate itself to this, by making the lamps of the foolish to burn, as well as those of the wise, up to a certain point of time, and only then to discover their inability to burn on for want of a fresh supply of oil. Then shall the King--Magnificent title, here for the first and only time, save in parabolical language, given to Himself by the Lord Jesus, and that on the eve of His deepest humiliation! 29. but the goats on the left--the side consequently of dishonor. It is not, therefore, without good reason that they appear in their actual order--that of the Virgins first, and of the Talents following--since it is the sole condition of a profitable outward activity for the kingdom of God, that the life of God be diligently maintained within the heart.". PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. "Sir," said he, "I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown and gathering where you had not scattered; 25 so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Today, we humbly ask you to defend Catholic Online's independence. who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods--Between master and slaves this was not uncommon in ancient times. If Catholic Online has given you $5.00 worth of knowledge this year, take a minute to donate. 38 When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? Yet this is the exposition of OLSHAUSEN, STIER, KEIL, ALFORD (though latterly with some diffidence), and of a number, though not all, of those who hold that Christ will come the second time before the millennium, and that the saints will be caught up to meet Him in the air before His appearing. See Documents of Vatican II (LG57), Catechism of the Catholic Church, 499, The Mother of the Redeemer, 39 (Encyclical Letter of Pope John Paul Il, ⦠Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury--interest. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. Salem Media Group. Jesus began his public ministry in this Gospel with a lengthy discourse that we call the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5-7), and he closes it with this lengthy discourse that is sometimes called the Judgment Discourse (chapters 23-25). CHURCH DOCTRINE. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out--rather, as in the Margin, "are going out"; for oil will not light an extinguished lamp, though it will keep a burning one from going out. He also that had received two talents came . Many answers have been given. That Mary remained a virgin her entire life is a De Fide (required of the faithful) doctrine of the Catholic Church. (Compare for the language, Proverbs 23:23 , Matthew 13:44 ). 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 7. 33. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 31 'When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. Just so in the parable of the Sower, the stony-ground hearers, "having no deepness of earth" and "no root in themselves," though they spring up and get even into ear, never ripen, while they in the good ground bear the precious grain. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh and reckoneth with them--That any one--within the lifetime of the apostles at least--with such words before them, should think that Jesus had given any reason to expect His Second Appearing within that period, would seem strange, did we not know the tendency of enthusiastic, ill-regulated love of His appearing ever to take this turn. Chapters 23-25 are Jesusâ final discourse (lengthy speech or teaching) in this Gospel. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. Fitly, therefore, may it, at least, comprehend those, to whom TRENCH refers, who, in the early Church, pleaded that they had enough to do with their own souls, and were afraid of losing them in trying to save others; and so, instead of being the salt of the earth, thought rather of keeping their own saltness by withdrawing sometimes into caves and wildernesses, from all those active ministries of love by which they might have served their brethren. ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world--The whole story of this their blessedness is given by the apostle, in words which seem but an expression of these: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ; according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love." 15. 7 Then all those wedding attendants woke up and trimmed their lamps, 8 and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, "Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out. If there were any difficulty in explaining this, the difficulty of the other view is such as to make it, at least, insufferable. Matthew 11:25-30 The Word of God At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. It is merely a friendly way of reminding them of the proper way of obtaining the needed and precious article, with a certain reflection on them for having it now to seek. And yet the word "buy" is significant; for we are elsewhere bidden, "buy wine and milk without money and without price," and "buy of Christ gold tried in the fire," ( Isaiah 55:1 , Revelation 3:18 ). Most people donate because Catholic Online is useful. Sentence, it should seem, was first pronounced--in the hearing of the wicked--upon the righteous, who thereupon sit as assessors in the judgment upon the wicked ( 1 Corinthians 6:2 ); but sentence is first executed, it should seem, upon the wicked, in the sight of the righteous--whose glory will thus not be beheld by the wicked, while their descent into "their own place" will be witnessed by the righteous, as BENGEL notes. Now, since what we pay the demanded price for becomes thereby our own property, the salvation which we thus take gratuitously at God's hands, being bought in His own sense of that word, becomes ours thereby in inalienable possession. 31. I have a question concerning the following passage (Matthew 25:41-46):41 âThen he will say to those on his left, âDepart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Invite students to review Matthew 25:8â9 and ponder why the wise virgins did not give their oil to the foolish virgins. 10 They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. 25 âThen the kingdom of heaven will be like this. 11 The other attendants arrived later. 25 âAt that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. As all that slaves have belongs to their master, so Christ has a claim to everything which belongs to His people, everything which, may be turned to good, and He demands its appropriation to His service, or, viewing it otherwise, they first offer it up to Him; as being "not their own, but bought with a price" ( 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 6:20 ), and He "delivers it to them" again to be put to use in His service. 17. 32. Words mean what they mean in context. . and all the holy angels with him--See Deuteronomy 33:2 , Daniel 7:9 Daniel 7:10 , Jude 1:14 ; with Hebrews 1:6 , 1 Peter 3:22 . Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps--the foolish virgins as well as the wise. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made. Thou wicked and slothful servant--"Wicked" or "bad" means "falsehearted," as opposed to the others, who are emphatically styled "good servants." 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. And while they went to buy, the Bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut--They are sensible of their past folly; they have taken good advice: they are in the act of getting what alone they lacked: a very little more, and they also are ready. "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept." Mary Magdalene of Pazzi. . 9. â (Matthew 25:1-13). It is to intimate that in then addressing the heirs of the kingdom, He will put on all His regal majesty. they all slumbered and slept--the wise as well as the foolish. A truly wise answer this. Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain [or, be swept out of the way], and he shall bring forth the head stone [of the temple], with shoutings [crying], GRACE, GRACE unto it." Who art thou, O great mountain [of opposition to this issue]? 24. Then--at the time referred to at the close of the preceding chapter, the time of the Lord's Second Coming to reward His faithful servants and take vengeance on the faithless.Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took "In our eyes, Lord? Free PDFs: Hail Mary, Our Father, How to Pray the Rosary & more. First Station: Jesus is condemned to death, Saint of the Day for Saturday, Feb 20th, 2021, 5 prayers you should say this Lenten Season News. but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves--Here again it would be straining the parable beyond its legitimate design to make it teach that men may get salvation even after they are supposed and required to have it already gotten. Although often called a âparable,â it is not really such, for the only parabolic elements are the depiction of the Son of Man as a shepherd and of the righteous and the wicked as sheep and goats respectively ( Mt 25:32 â 33 ). PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. In both cases, it denotes the leaving of men to the action of all those spiritual laws and influences of Heaven under which they have been graciously placed for their own salvation and the advancement of their Lord's kingdom. âNow five of them were wise, and five were foolish. The lectionary gospel reading for the Second Sunday before Advent as we approach the end of Year A is the so-called Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25.14â30. With cups of cold water ye moistened My parched lips; when famished with hunger ye supplied Me with crusts, and my spirit revived--"YE DID IT UNTO ME." Matthew 25:14-30: âIt is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. 1. Matthew 25:14-30 . All rights reserved. Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ once told us a very vivid parable about who can enter the kingdom of heaven. But we have no right to conclude that the whole "judgment of the great day" will be limited to the point of view here presented. It was used by auditors or spectators in any public exercise, to express the highest applause, when any part had been excellently performed.â 19. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps--What are these "lamps" and this "oil"? 11. Jesus told his disciples this parable: âThe kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. . The first revealed the meaning of his patient endurance; the second brings with it the crown of the divine kingdom.â â St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Thy name was indeed dear to us, and we thought it a great honor to suffer shame for it. Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed--He takes the servant's own account of his demands, as expressing graphically enough, not the hardness which he had basely imputed to him, but simply his demand of a profitable return for the gift entrusted. 6. This is the holy love whose practical manifestations the King is about to recount in detail; and thus we see that their whole life of love to Christ is the fruit of an eternal purpose of love to them in Christ. Perhaps largely through the influence of this passage the image of Christ as judge has had a profound impact on Christian tradition -- an unhappy impact. Your gift is ⦠So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered? "But ye did it to these My brethren, now beside you, when cast upon your love." . And I was afraid--of making matters worse by meddling with it at all. And cast ye--cast ye out. Then--at the time referred to at the close of the preceding chapter, the time of the Lord's Second Coming to reward His faithful servants and take vengeance on the faithless. Matthew 25:1-13.PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. 16. enter thou into the joy of thy lord--thy Lord's own joy. The 'Last Judgment' T. his is Matthew's great scene of the Last Judgment. If it be asked why unworthy guests were admitted to the marriage of the King's Son, in a former parable, and the foolish virgins are excluded in this one, we may answer, in the admirable words of GERHARD, quoted by TRENCH, that those festivities are celebrated in this life, in the Church militant; these at the last day, in the Church triumphant; to those, even they are admitted who are not adorned with the wedding garment; but to these, only they to whom it is granted to be arrayed in fine linen clean and white, which is the righteousness of saints ( Revelation 19:8 ); to those, men are called by the trumpet of the Gospel; to these by the trumpet of the Archangel; to those, who enters may go out from them, or be cast out; who is once introduced to these never goes out, nor is cast out, from them any more: wherefore it is said, "The door is shut.". Everything short of this may be possessed by "the foolish"; while it is the possession of this that makes "the wise" to be "ready" when the Bridegroom appears, and fit to "go in with Him to the marriage." "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made. 20. The idea of long "tarrying" is certainly implied here, since it is expressed in Matthew 25:19 .
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