{"id":909,"date":"2015-08-18T20:18:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T00:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2015-08-15T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T01:02:58","slug":"wednesday-august-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

MATTHEW 25 \u201cFor the kingdom of heaven is<\/em> like a man traveling to a far country, who<\/em> called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15\u00a0<\/sup>And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16\u00a0<\/sup>Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17\u00a0<\/sup>And likewise he who had received<\/em> two gained two more also. 18\u00a0<\/sup>But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord\u2019s money. 19\u00a0<\/sup>After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSo he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, \u2018Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.\u2019 21\u00a0<\/sup>His lord said to him, \u2018Well done,<\/em> good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.\u2019 22\u00a0<\/sup>He also who had received two talents came and said, \u2018Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.\u2019 23\u00a0<\/sup>His lord said to him, \u2018Well done,<\/em> good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.\u201924\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThen he who had received the one talent came and said, \u2018Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25\u00a0<\/sup>And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there<\/em> you have what is<\/em> yours.\u201926\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBut his lord answered and said to him, \u2018You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27\u00a0<\/sup>So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore take the talent from him, and give it<\/em> to him who has ten talents.29\u00a0<\/sup>\u2018For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30\u00a0<\/sup>And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u2019<\/p>\n

For each one, according to what he has received, is seen to be perfect to the degree that he accomplishes what he has been given to do. Such are the good servants; but the wicked and slothful servant justifies himself differently, in a manner befitting to him. For he calls his master \u201chard,\u201d as many today call their teachers \u201chard\u201d or \u201cexacting.\u201d It is indeed exacting to look for obedience from men, for God did not create obedience within man, nor did He sow in him an obedient disposition, [but instead God gave man free will]. This is what the unprofitable servant means when he says, \u201cYou reap where you have not sown,\u201d that is, You require an obedient disposition from all men, although You have implanted in no man an obedient disposition. When the servant says that the master is hard, he condemns himself. For the servant ought all the more to have been diligent knowing that his master was hard and severe. For if the master required this of others, so too would the master require this of him.<\/p>\n

(St. Theophylact)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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