Matthew 25:14
12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
13 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
15 To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.
16 The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- KJV
- For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
- WEB
- “For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
- ASV
- For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
- DARBY
- For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
- BLB
- For [it is] like a man going on a journey [who] called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them.
- ÅB
- «For det er som en mann som ville reise utenlands. Han kalte tjenerne sine til seg og betrodde dem eiendommen sin.
- OTB
- "For det er som en mann som skulle reise bort, som kalte til seg tjenerne sine og overlot sin eiendom til dem.
- B1930
- For det er likesom en mann som vilde drage utenlands og kalte sine tjenere for sig og overgav dem sin eiendom,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Read in context1 Peter 4:9–11
Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Read in contextRomans 12:6–8
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
Read in contextLuke 19:12–27
So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Read in contextMatthew 25:14–30
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
Read in contextEphesians 4:11
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:1–2
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:4
There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
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