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Mt 25:20 Strong Concordance And so [2532] he that had received [2983] five [4002] talents [5007] came [4334] and brought [4374] other [243] five [4002] talents [5007], saying [3004], Lord [2962], thou deliveredst [3860] unto me [3427] five [4002] talents [5007]: behold [2396], I have gained [2770] beside [1909] them [846] five [4002] talents [5007] more [243].
  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).
 
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28 And [2532] now [3568], little children [5040], abide [3306] in [1722] him [846]; that [2443], when [3752] he shall appear [5319], we may have [2192] confidence [3954], and [2532] not [3361] be ashamed [153] before [575] him [846] at [1722] his [846] coming [3952].
17 Herein [1722] [5129] is our [3326] [2257] love [26] made perfect [5048], that [2443] we may have [2192] boldness [3954] in [1722] the day [2250] of judgment [2920]: because [3754] as [2531] he [1565] is [2076], so [2532] are [2070] we [2249] in [1722] this [5129] world [2889].
16 Then [1161] he that had received [2983] the five [4002] talents [5007] went [4198] and traded [2038] with [1722] the same [846], and [2532] made [4160] them other [243] five [4002] talents [5007].