Matthew Chapter 25 verse 19 Holy Bible
Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
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Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.
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And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
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After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
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"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
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`And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - After a long time. The interval between Christ's ascension and his second advent (ver. 5) is long in men's view, though Christ can say, "Lo, I come quickly" (Revelation 3:11, etc.). And reckoneth with them (Matthew 18:23). The opportunity of labouring for Christ in the earthly life is ended at death; but the reckoning is reserved for the parousia - the coming of the Lord. The matter in the parable is concerned with the past actions of the servants of Christ (ver. 14); about the final judgment of the rest of the world nothing is here expressly said, though certain inferences must be drawn from analogous proceedings.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) After a long time.--Here, as in the previous parable, there is a faint suggestion, as it were, of a longer delay than men looked for in the Coming which is the counterpart to this.