Matthew 25:17 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:17

Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And likewise he that received two,.... Talents, or a lesser measure of ministerial gifts: he also gained other two; he worked and laboured, and traded, in proportion to the gifts he had received; and his improvements and success, under a divine blessing, were answerable.

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

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὡσαύτως	hōsautōs	Likewise	G5615 →
ὁ	ho	the [one with]	G3588 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ἐκέρδησεν	ekerdēsen	gained	G2770 →
ἄλλα	alla	more	G243 →
δύο.	duo	two.	G1417 →

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 walk8

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
Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
leads to
- Colossians 4:5
  Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- Amos 5:13
  Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Ecclesiastes 12:1
  Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Ephesians 6:13
  Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Through
Colossians 4:17
Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
leads to
- Philemon 1:2
  to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
Through
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
leads to
- Mark 12:42–44
  Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- Exodus 35:29
  So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.