11.14.2020 Gospel Matthew Chapter 25

Jesus told his disciples this parable. There was a man going on a journey and he called together his servants to commit to them care over his possessions. To one he gave five talents and to another two talents and to another one talent, each according to their ability. And then he went off on his journey. Now the one who received the five talents, he went out and worked and added an additional five talents. The one who received the two talents also gained two more talents. But the one who received the one talent was afraid. He dug a hole in the dirt of the earth and he buried his master's money.

Now after a very long time, the master returned and he sought to have an accounting with his servants. The one who had received the five talents came in first and he said, "Master you entrusted me with five talents and I have raised another five talents." And the master said, "You truly are a worthy and a good servant. You have been faithful in small things. I will now put more things in your hands. Enter into the joy of the master."

And the one who had two talents came and said, "Master, you gave me two talents and I worked and I produced another two talents." And he said, "Faithful and good servant, you were faithful in small matters. Now I will give you larger responsibilities. Enter the master's joy. "

And then the one who had received the one talent he came and he said, "Master, you are a difficult man. You are a hard man. You gather what you do not scatter, and you reap what you do not sow. So I was afraid. I went and I buried your money in the ground, and now I'm giving it back to you." And the master said, "You are a lazy and a worthless servant. You know that I gather what I do not scatter, and that I reap what I do not plant. You ought to have given my money to the bankers so that at my return, I could get it back with interest."

Then he said to those, "Take the one talent from him and give it to the person who has ten." For those who have will receive more, and those who have not will lose even what little they have."

The gospel of the Lord.