“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
Parallel translations
- KJV After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
- BSB After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.
- ESV Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
- NKJV After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
- NASB “Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
- NLT “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
- 1 Cor 3:12–15But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
- Rom 14:7–12For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
- Matt 18:23–24Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
- Luke 16:1–2He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
- Luke 16:19–31“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
- Matt 25:5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
- Matt 24:48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
- Jas 3:1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'
How Matthew 25:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.