Matthew 25:22 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:22

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.

KJV

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

He says, Thou wast faithful in a few things, because all that we have at present though they seem great and many, yet in comparison of the things to come are little and few. What greater thing can be given to a faithful servant than to be with his Lord, and to see his Lord's joy? The servant who of five talents had made ten, and he who of two had made four, are received with equal favour by the Master of the household, who looks not to the largeness of their profit, but to the disposition of their will.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We must never look upon our improvements but with a general mention of God's favour to us, of the honour he has put upon us, in entrusting us with his goods, and of that grace which is the spring and fountain of all the good that is in us or is done by us.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is the joy of our Lord, for it is joy in the Lord, who is our exceeding joy. Abraham was not willing that the steward of his house, though faithful, should be his heir ( Gen. xv. 3 ); but Christ admits his faithful stewards into his own joy, to be joint-heirs with him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

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.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1858)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Προσελθὼν	Proselthōn	Having come	G4334 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
τὰ	ta	with the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
τάλαντα	talanta	talents	G5007 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
κύριε,	kurie	Master,	G2962 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
τάλαντά	talanta	talents	G5007 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
παρέδωκας·	paredōkas	you did deliver;	G3860 →
ἴδε	ide	Behold	G2396 →
ἄλλα	alla	more	G243 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
τάλαντα	talanta	talents	G5007 →
ἐκέρδησα	ekerdēsa	I gained	G2770 →

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 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.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
  Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- 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.
- Luke 21:1–4
  Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
- Exodus 35:21–22
  And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the…