Matthew 25:17
In the same way the one with two talents made another two.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
18But the man who'd received the one talent went off and dug a hole and hid his master's money.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age, and because he was a very wealthy man, he had provided the king with food while he was staying in Mahanaim.
2 Kings 4:8One day as Elisha was passing through Shunem, a wealthy woman who lived there convinced him to have a meal. After that, whenever he was passing by he would stop there to eat.
Job 31:16Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your bread out on the surface of the water, and many days later you will find it again.
Acts 9:36In Joppa lived a follower called Tabitha (Dorcas in Greek). She was always doing good and helping the poor.
Acts 11:29The believers decided to send funds to help the brothers that lived in Judea, with everyone giving according to what they had.
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 →