Matthew 25:17
In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
In Context
18But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Acts 9:36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
Acts 11:29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judaea:
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 →