Matthew 25:16
New International Version
The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.

New Living Translation
“The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more.

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

Berean Standard Bible
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Berean Literal Bible
The one having received the five talents, having gone, traded with them, and made five more.

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

New King James Version
Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

New American Standard Bible
The one who had received the five talents immediately went and did business with them, and earned five more talents.

NASB 1995
“Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

NASB 1977
“Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

Legacy Standard Bible
Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

Amplified Bible
The one who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he [made a profit and] gained five more.

Christian Standard Bible
the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But he who received five talents went and traded them and gained five others.

Contemporary English Version
As soon as the man had gone, the servant with the 5,000 coins used them to earn 5,000 more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The one who received ten thousand dollars invested the money at once and doubled his money.

Good News Translation
The servant who had received five thousand coins went at once and invested his money and earned another five thousand.

International Standard Version
"The one who received five talents went out at once and invested them and earned five more.

Literal Standard Version
And he who received the five talents, having gone, worked with them, and made five other talents;

Majority Standard Bible
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and made five more.

New American Bible
the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five.

NET Bible
The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

New Revised Standard Version
The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents.

New Heart English Bible
Immediately the one who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and gained other five talents.

Weymouth New Testament
Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more.

World English Bible
Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

Young's Literal Translation
'And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;

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Context
The Parable of the Talents
15To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. 16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. 17Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.…

Cross References
Matthew 18:24
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Matthew 25:17
Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

Luke 19:13
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Conduct business with this until I return,' he said.


Treasury of Scripture

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

went.

2 Samuel 7:1-3
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; …

1 Chronicles 13:1-3
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader…

1 Chronicles 22:1-26:32
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel…

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Matthew 25
1. The parable of the ten virgins,
14. and of the talents.
31. Also the description of the last judgment.














(16) Traded with the same.--Literally, wrought, or, was busy. The fact that the capital was doubled implies that the trading was both active and prosperous.

Verse 16. - Went. The one who had received the five talents, the mark of the greatest trust, lost no time, but betook himself to business with zeal and energy. Traded with the same (εἰργάσατο ἐν αὐτοῖς, made gain with them). The verb is applied to husbandry or any work by which profit is obtained. A special method of increasing the allotted sum is mentioned in ver. 27; but here the term is general, and implies only that the slave used the money in some business which would prove to his master's advantage. In other words, he exercised his faculties and powers in his master's service and with a view to his master's interests. Made [them] other five talents. The addition "them" is unnecessary. He doubled his principal - "made" being equivalent to "gained." In the parable of the "pounds" we find the same sum increased in different proportions; here we have different sums multiplied in the same proportion.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The [servant]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

who had received
λαβὼν (labōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

talents
τάλαντα (talanta)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5007: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of tlao; a balance, i.e. a certain weight or 'talent'.

went
Πορευθεὶς (Poreutheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4198: To travel, journey, go, die.

[and] put them to work,
ἠργάσατο (ērgasato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2038: To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

gained
ἐκέρδησεν (ekerdēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2770: To gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss. From kerdos; to gain.

five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

more.
ἄλλα (alla)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.


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