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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: He had not lost it, he had not spent it, he had not even dug a hole in the earth and hidden it; but he had used a nice piece of linen to wrap it in, and had taken great care of it; and there it was just as when he received it. It had not diminished,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: The napkin, with which he ought to have wiped away the sweat from his brow, he had used merely as a wrapper for the pound that his lord had entrusted to him for the purpose of trading with it. He had done nothing with the pound; he thought he was all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. So there is a slavish kind of fear, a dread, a horror of God, which will even keep men out of his service. It ought not legitimately to do so, but, undoubtedly, there are some persons who, out of an evil timidity, are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. This was impudence indeed; but his master took him on his own ground, and showed that, even if his statement had been true, he ought to have been the more diligent in obeying his lord’s command.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, — “That was thine opinion; according to thine own confession, that was thine idea concerning me: ‘Thou knewest that I was an austere man,’ —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? ‘”With proper interest.” God does not trouble about clearing his character with ungodly men. You and I are very particular and punctilious in defending ourselves against...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? “Thou mightest have done that, at any rate,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. They who have some already shall have more,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) They were quite astonished. “What! give more to the man who has so much already?” “Yes,” says the master, “that is my command.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I say unto you, That unto everyone which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. Hear again the note of sovereignty. Christ will do as he wills; and his mode of action shall sometimes be so singular that even his own attendants will wonder at the strangeness of his procedure, and will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. Whatever these words mean, it is certain that there is a terrible doom in store for all who are God’s enemies, May none of us be found among them!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Saying, Go ye into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him. The word of the King was again with power, and the owners of the colt were willing to let the animal go since the King had “need of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, What a contrast! The King’s courtiers shouting for joy, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then began he to speak to the people this parable, A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. It is a long time since Jesus left us, and he has not yet returned. Many say that he is coming back very soon; others say, “The Lord delayeth his coming.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. They grow bolder, and more wicked, you see; first beating, and then...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. They are more violent this time; it comes to actual wounding, and to casting out the servant.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? A strange thing happens when the Lord himself comes to pass, and says, “What shall I do?” Here is infinite wisdom, as it were, at a non-plus; and in that extremity this is the Lord’s last expedient: —