Matthew 25:15
to one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one: to each, according to his ability: and he immediately departed.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
14For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;
16Then he that received five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more.
Cross References
Matthew 18:24And when he began to reckon, they brought to him one debtor of ten thousand talents.
Luke 19:13And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds: and he said to them, Traffic until I come.
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 →