Bible Strands
Matthew 25:14
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples during the Olivet Discourse, framing this parable as an illustration of faithful stewardship in the interval before his return.
The words — ἀποδημῶν (apodēmōn) means "going on a journey" in the sense of a prolonged departure from home, not a brief errand; it is the word that makes the master's absence long enough to demand a response.
The thread — Mark 13:34 uses the same "man going on a journey" frame within the Olivet Discourse; Romans 12:6 picks up the "according to ability" principle that verse 15 will make explicit.
Why it lands — The verse positions the reader as a servant who has received something that is not his own, and the master's return is the fixed horizon against which what he does with it will be measured.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Mark 13:34 It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- Romans 12:6 We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- 1 Peter 4:9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
- Luke 19:12 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
- Matthew 25:14 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- 1 Corinthians 4:1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
- Ephesians 4:11 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- 1 Corinthians 12:4 There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
- Matthew 21:33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.