Matthew 25:27

Matthew 25:27. Thou oughtest therefore to have put. Lit. ‘thrown,' i.e., thrown on the money-table, which required no exertion.

My money. The trust demanded this.

To the bankers; the Greek word has the same etymology as the English one. These probably represent stronger spiritual characters who would have quickened his spirituality. If the ‘talents' be understood as including temporal trusts, such as money, then ‘religious and charitable societies,' as Alford suggests, fulfil this office.

Mine own with interest, It is implied that the duty, profit, and pleasure of the servant should have been in gaining for the master. The theory of Christianity is, that laboring for Christ is not a matter of bargain, but of loving, interested service. When the servant came with a false plea of returning to the master what was justly his, he was condemned on his own showing. Those who treat the service of Christ as a bargain, will be justly condemned.