Matthew 25:16 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

KJV

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 16) And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and gained five more talents. With the earthly senses, he doubled his knowledge of heavenly things: understanding the Creator through His creation, the incorporeal through the corporeal, the invisible through the visible, the temporal through the eternal.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that have so much work to do, as every Christian has, need to set about it quickly, and lose not time. Note, A true Christian is a spiritual tradesman. Trades are called mysteries, and without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; it is a manufacture trade; there is something to be done by upon our own hearts, and for the good of others.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the talents which we have now read is near akin to that of the ten virgins. Both direct our minds to the same important event: the second advent of Jesus Christ. Both bring before us the same persons: the members of the professing church of Christ. The virgins and the servants are one and the same people—but the same people regarded from a different point, and viewed on different sides. The practical lesson of each parable is the main point of difference: vigilance is the keynote of the first parable, diligence that of the second.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πορευθεὶς	poreutheis	Having gone	G4198 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πέντε	pente	five	G4002 →
τάλαντα	talanta	talents	G5007 →
λαβὼν	labōn	having received	G2983 →
ἠργάσατο	ērgasato	he traded	G2038 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκέρδησεν	ekerdēsen	he gained	G2770 →
ἄλλα	alla	more	G243 →
πέντε	pente	five	G4002 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 2:6
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:36
  You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7–11
  Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- 1 Corinthians 3:6–9
  I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 1 Corinthians 9:23
  I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
- John 4:35–38
  Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.