but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.

so the servants of the yeoman came and said, Sir, did not you sow your field with good grain: how comes it then to have tares?

'tis some enemy, said he, has done this. the servants replied, shall we go then and pull them up?

and said to his servants, this is John the baptist, he is risen from the dead, and consequently is invested with miraculous power.

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

his fellow-servants upon seeing this were very much concern'd, and went to acquaint their master with what had pass'd.

and when the fruit-season came on, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive the fruits of it.

but they seiz'd his servants, beat some, killed one, and stoned another.

then he sent a greater number of servants, than at first: who met with the same treatment.

he sent out his servants to call those that were invited to the wedding: but they would not come.

then he sent out other servants, saying, tell those who are invited, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and every thing is ready: come to the entertainment.

others seiz'd his servants, outrageously abused them, and slew them.

then he said to his servants, the feast is ready, but they who were invited were very unworthy.

then said the king to the servants, bind him hand and foot, take him away, and turn him out in the dark: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots:

So it was when a man was going to travel into a foreign country, he called his servants, and delivered to them his stock:

after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.