He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
Parallel translations
- WEB “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’
- BSB The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
- NKJV He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
- NASB “Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, ‘Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have earned two more talents.’
- NLT “The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’
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Quick answer
The two-talent servant likewise presents his original plus two more. He too is faithful with what he was given.
Overview
The second servant gives the same kind of account as the first, having doubled his smaller trust. His report shows that faithfulness is consistent regardless of the amount entrusted. He stands on equal footing with the five-talent servant in diligence. The repetition stresses that God judges by faithfulness, not by quantity.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Cor 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- 2 Cor 8:7–8Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
- Rom 12:6–8Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
- 2 Cor 8:1–3Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
- Luke 19:18–19And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
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