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Matthew 25:25

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So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 25

JESUS LED AWAY TO PILATE--REMORSE AND SUICIDE OF JUDAS. ( = Mar 15:1; Luk 23:1; Joh 18:28). (Mat 27:1-10) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned--The condemnation, even though not unexpected, might well fill him with horror. But perhaps this unhappy man expected, that, while he got the bribe, the Lord would miraculously escape, as He had once and again done before, out of His enemies power: and if so, his remorse would come upon him with all the greater keenness. repented himself--but, as the issue too sadly showed, it was "the sorrow of the world, which worketh death" (Co2 7:10). and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders--A remarkable illustration of the power of an awakened conscience. A short time before, the promise of this sordid pelf was temptation enough to his covetous heart to outweigh the most overwhelming obligations of duty and love; now, the possession of it so lashes him that he cannot use it, cannot even keep it!

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Strong's Concordancev. 25

καί (kaí, G2532) — and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other… φοβέω (phobéō, G5399) — to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere ἀπέρχομαι (apérchomai, G565) — to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or… κρύπτω (krýptō, G2928) — to conceal (properly, by covering) σοῦ (soû, G4675) — of thee, thy τάλαντον (tálanton, G5007) — equivalent to G5342 (φέρω)); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a… ἐν (en, G1722) — "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc. γῆ (gē, G1093) — soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe… ἴδε (íde, G2396) — used as an interjection to denote surprise; lo! ἔχω (échō, G2192) — to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote;… σός (sós, G4674) — thine

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Romans 8:15rank 3

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Isaiah 57:11rank 2

Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?

Revelation of John 21:8rank 2

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Proverbs 26:13rank 2

The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

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