Matthew 25:17
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
Matthew 25:17 in other translations
| BSB | Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more. |
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| WEB | In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two. |
| ASV | In like manner he also that received the two gained other two. |
| YLT | in like manner also he who received the two, he gained, also he, other two; |
| DARBY | In like manner also he that had received the two, he also gained two others. |
| BBE | In the same way he who had been given the two got two more. |
| Webster | And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. |
What does Matthew 25:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 25:14-30
Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The day of account comes at last. We must all be reckoned with as to what good we have got to our own souls, and have done to others, by the advantages we have…
Matthew 25:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 25:17
- Proverbs 3:9-10
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
- Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. …
- Colossians 4:17
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
- 1 Peter 4:10
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
- Mark 14:3-8
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. …
- 1 Timothy 5:10
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
- Acts 11:29-30
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- Galatians 6:9-10
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- 1 Kings 18:3-4
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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Context
- Matthew 25:16
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
- Matthew 25:17
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
- Matthew 25:18
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
Matthew 25:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Asimismo el que había recibido dos, ganó también él otros dos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | De même aussi, celui qui avait reçu les deux, en gagna, lui aussi, deux autres. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Desgleichen auch, der die zwei empfangen hatte, auch er gewann andere zwei. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Similiter et qui duo acceperat, lucratus est alia duo. |