Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Matthew 25:16

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

KJV

πορευθεὶς ὁ τὰ πέντε τάλαντα λαβὼν ἠργάσατο ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐποίησεν ἄλλα πέντε τάλαντα·

Greek NT

Abiit autem qui quinque talenta acceperat, et operatus est in eis, et lucratus est alia quinque.

Vulgate

Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

ASV

And he that had received the five talents went his way and traded with the same and gained other five.

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πέντε
pente
adjective · 38×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
τάλαντον
talanton
noun · 15×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
verb · 41×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: πορευθεὶς | WH/NIV: πορευθεὶς | Treg/RP: + δὲ
  • πορευθεὶς — SBLGNT
  • πορευθεὶς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + δὲ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐκέρδησεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκέρδησεν | RP: ἐποίησεν
  • ἐκέρδησεν — SBLGNT
  • ἐκέρδησεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐποίησεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πέντε | WH/Treg/NIV: πέντε | RP: + τάλαντα
  • πέντε — SBLGNT
  • πέντε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τάλαντα — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
§1936On coming into the world, man is not equipped with everything he needs for developing his bodily and spiritual life. He needs others. Differences appear tied to age, physical abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits derived from social commerce, and the distribution of wealth.41 The "talents" are not distributed equally.42

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
  • 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • 2Chr 33:15 — And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the cit
  • 2Tim 2:6 — The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
  • 2Tim 4:5 — But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
  • 3John 1:5 — Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
  • Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • Isa 23:18 — And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for du
  • Isa 60:5 — Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
  • Neh 5:14 — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and
  • Phlm 1:6 — That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 15:18 — For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,