Matthew 25:14-18

The Parable of the Talents

14 ¹“For ²it will be like a man ³going on a journey, who called his servants^[a] and entrusted to them his property.

15 To one he gave five ⁴talents, ^[b] to another two, to another one, ⁵to each according to his ability. Then he ⁶went away.

16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.

17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

18 But he who had received the one talent went and ⁷dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.

Cross References

• 1. 25:14 For ver. 14-30, [Luke 19:12-27]
• 2. 25:14 [Mark 13:34]
• 3. 25:14 ch. 21:33
• 4. 25:15 ch. 18:24
• 5. 25:15 [Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:11; Eph. 4:7; 1 Pet. 4:10]
• 6. 25:15 [See ver. 14 above]
• 7. 25:18 [ch. 13:44]

Footnotes

• [a] 25:14 Greek 'bondservants'; also verse 19
• [b] 25:15 A 'talent' was a monetary unit worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer