VEB.11—27. ST.LTJKK ' 631 man : thou takestup thatthou layedstnot down, andreapestthatthou didstnot sow. 22. And he saithunto him, Out of thine own mouthwillI judgethee,thou wickedservant.Thou knewestthat I was an austereman, taking up thatI laidnot down, and reapingthat I did not sow: 23.Wherefore then gavestnot thou my money intothe bank, that at my coming I might have requiredmine own withusury?. 24.And he saidunto them thatstoodby, Take fromhim the pound, and giveitto him thathath tenpounds. 25. (And they saidunto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26.For I say unto you, That unto every one whichhath shallbe given; and from him thathath noteven that he hath shallbe taken away from him. 27.But those mine enemies,which would not thatI shouldreignoverthem,bringhither,and slay thembeforeme. EUSEBIUS.Thereweresome who thoughtthatourSaviour's kingdomwouldcommence atHis firstcoming,and theywere expectingitshortlyto appearwhen He was preparingto go up to Jerusalem; so astonishedwere theyby the divine miracleswhich He did. He thereforeinformsthem,thatHe shouldnot receivethe kingdom from His FatheruntilHe had leftmankind to go to His Father. THEOPHYL. The Lord pointsout the vanityof theirimaginations,forthe sensescannotembracethe kingdomofGod ; He alsoplainly shewstothem,thatasGod He knew theirthoughts,putting tothemthefollowingparable,A certainnobleman,fyc. CYRIL.This parableis intendedto set beforeus the mysteriesofChristfrom thefirstto thelast.For God was made man, who was the Word from the beginning;and