Matthew 25:18
But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
In Context
17And similarly, he who had received two gained another two.
19Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:9Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.
Haggai 1:2Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people claims that the time has not yet arrived for building the house of the Lord.
Luke 19:20And another approached, saying: ‘Lord, behold your one pound, which I kept stored in a cloth.
2 Peter 1:8For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 →