Luke 19:16

Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
Thy pound hath, &c. As one seed of wheat sown in a field, by its power sucks up juice from the earth, and converts it into itself, and produces ten, nay, thirty and sixty seeds and grains of wheat. The Arabic has, "Thy mna has gained ten." He did not say, "I have gained," but, "thy mna," because, granted that the freedom and co-operation of our wills concur to a good work, still, the whole working is of divine grace, and not of our will, for the work only has it from our will that it is free; but it has it from grace, that it is supernatural, pleasing to God, and meritorious. Hence S. Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:10.
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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