For unto everyone that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
To every one that hath That is, who hath, so as to have made good use of, or to have improved, what was committed to his trust and management. See the notes Matthew xiii, ver. 12. (Witham)
When those who are gifted with the grace of understanding for the benefit of others, refuse to make a proper use of the gift, that grace is of consequence withdrawn; whereas had they employed it with zeal and diligence, they would have received additional graces. (St. Chrysostom, hom. lxxix.)
This, moreover, shows that God never requires of men more than he has enabled them to perform.
