Matthew 25:14

ὥσπερ : suggests a comparison between the parabolic history and the course of things in the kingdom, but the apodosis carrying out the comparison is omitted. γὰρ implies that the point of comparison is in the view of the evangelist the same as in the preceding parable. ἀποδημῶν, about to go abroad. ἐκάλεσε, etc., called his own servants and delivered to them his means; not an unnatural or unusual proceeding introduced against probability for the sake of the moral lesson; rather the best thing he could do with his money in his absence, dividing it among carefully selected slaves, and leaving them to do their best with it. Investments could not then be made as now (vide Koetsveld, p. 254).