Matthew 25:17

So, too, the servant who had received the two bags of gold made another two bags.

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In The King James Version

And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

In Context

16The servant who had received the five bags of gold went at once and traded with it, and made another five bags.

18But the servant who had received the one bag went and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

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Cross References

Acts 9:36At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.

Acts 11:29So the disciples, without exception, determined, in proportion to their means, to send something to help the followers living 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 →

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