Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Matthew 25:24

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he which: Our Lord placed the example of negligence in him to whom the least was committed, probably to "intimate" says Doddridge, "that we are accountable for the smallest advantage with which we are entrusted; but it cannot imply that they who have received much will ordinarily pass their account best; for it is too plain, in fact, that most of those whose dignity, wealth, and genius give them the greatest opportunities of service, seem to forget that they have any Master in heaven to serve, or any future reckoning to expect; and many render themselves much more criminal than this wicked and slothful servant who hid his talents in the earth." Lord: Mat 7:21; Luk 6:46 I knew: Mat 20:12; Job 21:14, Job 21:15; Isa 58:3; Jer 2:31, Jer 44:16-18; Eze 18:25-29; Mal 1:12, Mal 1:13, Mal 3:14, Mal 3:15; Luk 15:29, Luk 19:20-22; Rom 8:7, Rom 9:20 Matthew 25:25

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