Gospel of Matthew Chapter 25 Vs. 20

 The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:20 “And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.”

And so he... Or the greatest gifts: as this man is the first to whom his Lord gave any talents, and the first that went and traded with them. He is also the first that is reckoned with. Who came and brought five more talents. He came freely and cheerfully, with a holy confidence and intrepidity of mind, and gave in his account, both of what he had received, and of what he had gained.

saying, Lord, thou... True servants of the Gospel frankly own, that what gifts they have are delivered to them by Christ; and such are willing that he should have all returned to him, principal and increase.

It is not to be imagined that this will be said in so many words by them, nor will there be any need thereof; for Christ will not be ignorant of what they have been doing. And of what use they have been of; but the sense is, that as all will be manifest to Christ the searcher of hearts, with whom they have to do.

So the account will stand fair and open; and it will be seen and known by all, that such and such faithful servants of Christ have behaved in this agreeable manner, and have been thus and thus serviceable in his interest.

Similarly, in the cognate parable of the pounds, reported by St. Luke, we. are told that it was spoken, because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. (Luke 19:11) It would seem, therefore, that both these parables were intended to guard against the temptation to make the anticipation of the Lord’s return an excuse for neglect of present duty.

Two of the servants were faithful in caring for the master’s money (Mat. 25:16-17) and were accordingly rewarded for their faithfulness with additional wealth, additional responsibilities, and sharing of the master’s joy (Mat. 25:20-23).