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Matthew
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bullet Reading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bullet The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bullet The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bullet Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bullet"Labor and Industry," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
bullet XLIII.22-38; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bullet III.XVII.3, IV.XI.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet 1.10, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet I.1, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet Chapter XXXV, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Tertullian (c. 211)
bullet II.XI.4, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
bullet XIV.8, XIV.12, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bullet Homily LXXVIII - Matthew 25:1-30, Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St. Chrysostom (c. 380)
bulletHistoria Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes, Pierre Abélard / Peter Abelard, c. 1140.
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, Ex 22:25-27 De 23:19,20. ... Finally the master said to him sarcastically why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a "usurer" too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"So mere harmlessness, on which many build their hope of salvation, was the cause of his damnation!"
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"He takes the servant's own account of his demands, as expressing graphically enough, not the hardness which he had basely imputed to him, but simply his demand of a profitable return for the gift entrusted."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"Every attainment of honor, wealth, knowledge, or spiritual grace helps to render further attainment more easy and more assured; while it is spiritually as well as materially true that "the destruction of the poor is their poverty" (Prov. 10:15)."
bullet Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet "Talents: Five, Two and One," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
bullet"To whom much is given much will be required. We know that this principle is true even if a person is not religious. That is, a common adage for the whole world is the intuitive awareness that the more gifts/resources/abilities that God has given to you, the more that life/God requires of you."
bullet "First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost 26," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
bullet"The tragedy is that many people are afraid of losing or endangering God and so seek to protect God from adventures, to resist attempts at radical inclusion that might, they fear, compromise God's purity and holiness. Protecting God is a variant of not trusting God."
bullet Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Proper 28. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
bullet"The live question for us, I think, about this Sunday's gospel is whether we can really believe that, if we really can trust in that enough to risk living as Jesus taught us rather than according to the demands of those who try to set themselves up in Jesus' place as our lord, who try to enslave us to wordly standards by telling us that our security is in acquiring resources for ourselves and striking out at our enemies."
bullet "The Parable of the Extortionist," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"Have you ever felt like an outcast? What attitude or chain of events caused your feelings?"
bullet Exegesis, Proper 28A, by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
bullet"The one-talent servant, however, acts in fear."
bullet Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet "Talented Authority," analysis and reflection by Robin Morgan, in Sabbatheology by The Crossing Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet"We needn't let fear keep us from acting on the authority we've been given as Christ's women and men in this world. We have been given the authority to care for creation and offer redemption to all that will listen."        
bulletExegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen, at CrossMarks.
bullet"When the master "gives" ("paradidomi") his property to the slaves, does the money then belong to the slaves -- thus presenting God as being very generous? Or are the slaves just managers of their master's money -- thus presenting the slaves as stewards of what belongs to God?"
bullet "The Good and Faithful Servant," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
bullet"The ultimate question of this story is; 'What did you do with what I gave you?' It is not; 'What did you do with what I gave someone else.' Or, 'What would you have done if I had given you more?' What is my 'leased vineyard' today? What is my 'one talent' today? How does that vineyard look today? How am I investing God’s talent today? What am I doing with what I have NOW?"
bullet "The Parable of the Talents," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 33A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet "The Parables in the Olivet Discourse," by Hampton Keathley IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"The works are indicative of the relationship with the master. The third slave had no works which in the gospels is the same as having no faith."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Parable of the Talents," wikipedia.
bullet "Matthew's Nonviolent Jesus and Violent Parables," Barbara E. Reid, O.P., (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
bullet"Jesus' Sermon on the Mount instructs us to not return violence for violence; instead we should be like God, who offers boundless, gratuitous love to all. But in the same Gospel Jesus tells eight parables in which God deals violently with evildoers. Which of the divine ways are we to imitate?"
bullet The Parable of the Talents applied to secular economics in Parables for Entrepreneurs, by John Sanders (investor and student of the dynamics of small business).
bullet"The New Testament seems to state that failure is not necessarily the loss of capital, but a lack of effort to increase it. Indeed, from my perspective as a venture capitalist, the worst situations are ones in which the management meets with a measure of success and then says, "Well, we've gone far enough. Let's not risk what we've gained." This is really the worst case. In fact, the entrepreneur who doesn't use his resources or his talents is thrown out of the Kingdom. He also undergoes "weeping and gnashing of teeth," which is caused, I suspect, from seeing his most ambitious managers quit and the price of his stock plummet."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBartlett, David L., "Rejoice in the Lord Always," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 5.4, 1996.)
bulletBrisson, E. Carson, "Between Text & Sermon, Matthew 25:14-30," Interpretation, 2002.
bulletJones, Verity A., "Choosing Faith for Those Who Can't," Journal for Preachers, 2004.
bulletLovette, Roger, "On Not Missing the Circus," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
bulletReid, Barbara E., O.P., "Violent Endings in Matthew's Parables and Christian Nonviolence," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
bulletToussaint, Stanley D., "A Critique of the Preterist View of the Olivet Discourse," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2004.
bulletReviews:
bulletWilson, Alistair I., When Will These Things Happen?: A Study of Jesus as Judge in Matthew 21-25. PaterNoster Press, 2005. Review by Samuel Subramanian, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
bulletSermons:
bullet "How Are You Managing?" 26 Pentecost - 13 November 2005, Samuel Zumwalt, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bullet "Talents: Five, Two and One," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "The Stewardship of Pain," Frederick Buechner, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1990.
bullet"The Story of Two Parables," Phyllis Tickle, Day 1, 2002.
bullet "Reluctant Servants," the Rev. Bob Bohl, Day 1, 1997.
bullet "We Reap What We Do Not Sow," Leah Grace Goodwin, Cambridge Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge, MA.
bullet "Vocation, Vocation, Vocation: Your Pathway to Immortality," Delle Chatman, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2004.
bullet "Be Fruitful," John Jewell, 1999.
bulletThe Talents or Money in Trust by Don Schwager, Washtenaw Covenant Community
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
bullet Ordinary 33, 2005
bullet Ordinary 33, 2002
bullet Ordinary 33, 1999
bulletWith Children:
bullet "The Three Toolboxes," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Parable of Talents," Fr Max Bowers, Kids Church.
bullet "A Fearful Man Hides His Treasure," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bulletDrama:
bullet "Talents," Penny Hewlett, Drama Southwest.
bullet "The Wizard of Odd," Christin Kuck, dramatix.
bullet "Parable of the Talents," Mike Treachler, dramatix.
bullet "Talents Anonymous!" Michele Pitman, dramatix.
bullet "The Master Went on a Journey," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art Images: Matthew 25:14-30, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Matthew 25:14-30, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bullet Matthew 25:14-30, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 25:21, 23, 29. The Cyber Hymnal.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet Gleams of the Golden Morning
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bullet Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew