Matthew 25:17
In like manner also he that [had received] the two, [he also] gained two others.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
18But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
2 Kings 4:8And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Acts 9:36And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
Acts 11:29And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];
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 →