Matthew 25:19
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
KJV
μετὰ δὲ πολὺν χρόνον ἔρχεται ὁ κύριος τῶν δούλων ἐκείνων καὶ συναίρει λόγον μετ’ αὐτῶν.
Greek NT
Post multum vero temporis venit dominus servorum illorum, et posuit rationem cum eis.
Vulgate
Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
ASV
But after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
συναίρω
sunairo
verb · 3×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: πολὺν χρόνον | WH/Treg/NIV: πολὺν χρόνον | RP: χρόνον πολὺν
- πολὺν χρόνον — SBLGNT
- πολὺν χρόνον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- χρόνον πολὺν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λόγον μετ᾽ αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: λόγον μετ᾽ αὐτῶν | RP: μετ᾽ αὐτῶν λόγον
- λόγον μετ᾽ αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- λόγον μετ᾽ αὐτῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μετ᾽ αὐτῶν λόγον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
§1936On coming into the world, man is not equipped with everything he needs for developing his bodily and spiritual life. He needs others. Differences appear tied to age, physical abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits derived from social commerce, and the distribution of wealth.41 The "talents" are not distributed equally.42
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- 2Cor 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
- Luke 16:1 — And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
- Mark 13:32 — But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
- Matt 13:49 — So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
- Matt 18:23 — Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
- Matt 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
- Rom 14:7 — For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.