Matthew 25:18
But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord`s money.
American Standard 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
17In like manner he also that [received] the two gained other two.
19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Haggai 1:2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah`s house to be built.
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
2 Peter 1:8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge 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 →