Matthew 25:16
14 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.
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
17 Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
18 But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
- KJV
- Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
- WEB
- Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
- ASV
- Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.
- DARBY
- And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents.
- BLB
- Immediately the one having received the five talents, having gone, traded with them and gained five others.
- ÅB
- «Den som hadde fått fem talenter gikk straks bort og handlet med dem og tjente fem talenter til.
- OTB
- Den som hadde fått fem talenter gikk straks og handlet med dem, og tjente fem til.
- B1930
- Den som hadde fått de fem talenter, gikk da straks bort og kjøpslo med dem, og tjente fem talenter til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philemon 1:6–7
I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
Read in context3 John 1:5–8
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:6
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
Read in contextActs 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
Read in contextIsaiah 23:18
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:5–8
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Read in contextNehemiah 5:14–19
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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