The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
- KJV
- But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- WEB
- But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
- ASV
- But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- LSV
- and he who received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- YLT
- and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
- DBY
- But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
- DRC
- But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- GNV
- But he that receiued that one, went and digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γῆν (“ground”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γῇ (“ground”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔκρυψεν (“he hid”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀπέκρυψεν (“concealed”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐν τῇ (“in the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: γῆν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γῆν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν τῇ γῇ.
- SBLGNT: ἔκρυψεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔκρυψεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπέκρυψεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ τὸ ἓν λαβὼν ἀπελθὼν ὤρυξεν γῆν καὶ ἔκρυψεν τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ.
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ τὸ ἓν λαβὼν ἀπελθὼν ὤρυξεν ἐν τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἀπέκρυψεν τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ τὸ ἓν λαβὼν ἀπελθὼν ὤρυξεν ἐν τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἀπέκρυψε τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ.
- SCR1894
- ο δε το εν λαβων απελθων ωρυξεν εν τη γη και απεκρυψεν το αργυριον του κυριου αυτου
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Olivet Discourse
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
StewardTalentTrusteeOpportunityProbationUnfaithfulnessFaithfulnessMillennium, Premillennial ViewIdleness and SlothJudgment, The final
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Peter 1:8For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
- Haggai 1:2–4that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: “Is it a time for you…
- Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
- Proverbs 26:13–16The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back…
- Luke 19:20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
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