13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. …
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. …
Use hospitality one to another without grudging. …
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-27)Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told, I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear , Luke 19:11. The Pharisees expected it about this time (Luke 17:20), and, it seems, so did Christ’s own disciples; but they both had a mistake…
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