Matthew 25:17
And likewise also the man of the two gained two others.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
18But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. And he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man [of wealth].
2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where there was a prominent woman. And she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by he turned in there to eat bread.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
Acts 9:36Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did.
Acts 11:29And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:15-31
The Parable of the Talents. 14 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. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had… Read the whole commentary →