Matthew 25:28 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:28

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.

KJV

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

But what he thought would be his excuse is turned into his condemnation. He calls him wicked servant, because he cavilled against his Lord; and slothful, because he would not double his talent; condemning his pride in the one, and his idleness in the other. If you knew me to be hard and austere, and to seek after other men's goods, you should also have known that I exact with the more rigour that is mine own, and should have given my money to the bankers; for the Greek word here (ἀζγύριον) means money.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 66 (253)

The master had three servants. After they believed and became his servants, they were given a task to do. They received money from their master. One of them "traded" with it and "gained." The second one "gained," but not as much. And the third, out of fear and being insufficiently faithful, "went away and hid" his master's money. From his defensiveness it appears that he feared the master. He was in awe of the master even as the other had "zeal for God but not according to knowledge." Diffidently, he "hid" his talent in the ground.

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
ἄρατε	arate	do take	G142 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	him	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
τάλαντον	talanton	talent	G5007 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δότε	dote	do give [it]	G1325 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
ἔχοντι	echonti	having	G2192 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δέκα	deka	ten	G1176 →
τάλαντα.	talanta	talents.	G5007 →

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 walk7

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
Luke 10:42
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
leads to
- Psalms 27:4
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 16:5–6
  The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- John 10:27–28
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Psalms 73:25
  Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Through
Luke 19:24
Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
leads to
- Luke 16:2
  So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
- Luke 12:20
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’