Matthew 25:18
But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Berean Standard Bible
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
17Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
19After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
Luke 19:20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
2 Peter 1:8For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your 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 →