Matthew 25:17
Likewise the one who had received two talents made another two.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
16The one who received the five talents went at once and invested them and made another five talents.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old. He had furnished the king with provisions while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha walked to Shunem where an important woman lived; she urged him to eat food with her. So as often as Elisha passed by, he would stop there to eat.
Job 31:16If I have withheld poor people from their desire, 1 or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying, 1
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send out your bread on the waters, 2 for you will find it again after many days. 1
Acts 9:36Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated as “Dorcas.” This woman was full of good works and merciful deeds that she did for the poor.
Acts 11:29So, the disciples, as each one was able, decided to send help to the brothers 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 →