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Selected Verse: Matthew 25:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 25:20 |
King James |
And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained besides them five talents more--How beautifully does this illustrate what the beloved disciple says of "boldness in the day of judgment," and his desire that "when He shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming!" (Jo1 4:17; Jo1 2:28). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I have gained - Gained by trading or by honest industry, Mat 25:16. |
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.