Matthew 25:17
in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
16And he who received the five talents, having gone, worked with them, and made five other talents;
18and he who received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he has sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man;
2 Kings 4:8And the day comes that Elisha passes over to Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she lays hold on him to eat bread, and it comes to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turns aside there to eat bread,
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, || For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Acts 9:36And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha (which interpreted, is called Dorcas); this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;
Acts 11:29and the disciples, according as anyone was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea,
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 →