Passage Research
Matthew 25 — Sermon Preparation
Three parables — the ten virgins, the talents, and the sheep and goats — teach readiness and the final judgment. Below is a research summary for Matthew 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Matthew 25 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| τάλαντον | tálanton | G5007 | 13 | talent |
| πέντε | pénte | G4002 | 9 | five |
| λαμπάς | lampás | G2985 | 5 | lamp, light, torch |
| λαμβάνω | lambánō | G2983 | 8 | accept, be amazed, assay, attain |
| συνάγω | synágō | G4863 | 6 | accompany, assemble, bestow, come together |
| ἀποκρίνομαι | apokrínomai | G611 | 7 | answer |
| δοῦλος (II) | doûlos | G1401 | 6 | bond, servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
58 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The day of account comes at last. We must all be reckoned with as to what good we have got to our own souls, and have done to others, by the advantages we have enjoyed. It is not meant that the improving of natural powers can entitle a man to Divine grace. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 25:14–30 (Public Domain)
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