The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25:25
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’
- KJV
- And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
- WEB
- I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
- ASV
- and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.
- LSV
- and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have your own!
- YLT
- and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!
- DBY
- and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
- DRC
- And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine.
- GNV
- I was therefore afraide, and went, and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine owne.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ φοβηθεὶς ἀπελθὼν ἔκρυψα τὸ τάλαντόν σου ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἴδε ἔχεις τὸ σόν.
- RP2018
- καὶ φοβηθείς, ἀπελθὼν ἔκρυψα τὸ τάλαντόν σου ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἴδε, ἔχεις τὸ σόν.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ φοβηθείς, ἀπελθὼν ἔκρυψα τὸ τάλαντόν σου ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἴδε, ἔχεις τὸ σόν.
- SCR1894
- και φοβηθεις απελθων εκρυψα το ταλαντον σου εν τη γη ιδε εχεις το σον
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
StewardTalentTrusteeOpportunityProbationSelf-CondemnationUnfaithfulnessCivil ServiceMillennium, Premillennial ViewJudgment, The final
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Timothy 1:6–7For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
- Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- 2 Samuel 6:9–10That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the…
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