Matthew 25:22
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.’
21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
24 Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
- KJV
- He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
- WEB
- “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’
- ASV
- And he also that [received] the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.
- DARBY
- And he also that had received the two talents came to [him] and said, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.
- BLB
- And the one with the two talents, also having come, said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I gained two other talents.’
- ÅB
- Da kom også han som hadde fått de to talentene fram og sa: ‘Herre, du gav meg to talenter. Se, jeg har tjent to talenter til.’
- OTB
- Den som hadde to talenter kom også frem og sa: 'Herre, du betrodde meg to talenter; se, jeg har tjent to til.'
- B1930
- Da kom også han frem som hadde fått de to talenter, og sa: Herre! du gav mig to talenter; se, jeg har tjent to talenter til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
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 context2 Corinthians 8:7–8
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Read in contextLuke 19:18–19
The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:1–3
Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
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