Matthew 25:18
and he who received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
Literal 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 also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;
19And after a long time comes the lord of those servants, and takes reckoning with them;
Cross References
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, || He [is] a brother to a destroyer.
Haggai 1:2“Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, This people—they have said, || The time has not come, || The time the house of YHWH [is] to be built.”
Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, your mina, that I had lying away in a napkin;
2 Peter 1:8for these things being in you and abounding, make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to 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 →