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Matthew 25:18

FearFaithfulness and loyalty

16 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.

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

19 After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

20 The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

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BSB
But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
KJV
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
WEB
But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
ASV
But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord`s money.
DARBY
But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
BLB
But the one having received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth and hid his master's money.
ÅB
Men den som hadde fått den ene gikk bort og gravde ned sin herres penger.
OTB
Men den som hadde fått én talent gikk bort, gravde et hull i jorden, og gjemte sin herres penger.
B1930
Men den som hadde fått den ene, gikk bort og gravde i jorden og gjemte sin herres penger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Peter 1:8

    For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Proverbs 26:13–16

    The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

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  • Malachi 1:10

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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  • Hebrews 6:12

    Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

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  • Haggai 1:2–4

    that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

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  • Luke 19:20

    Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

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  • Proverbs 18:9

    Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

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