Matthew 25:22 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²² And the one who was given two talents came and reported, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. Look, I have earned two more with them.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, Master, you entrusted two talents to me; here I have gained two talents more.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.

Common English Bible

²² “The second servant also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two valuable coins. Look, I’ve gained two more.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Then he who had received two talents also approached, and he said: 'Lord, you delivered two talents to me. Behold, I have gained another two.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two.

Matthew 25:22 Cross References

Matthew 18:24

When he began figuring, one of his servants, who owed him a huge sum of money [Note: The amount is variously estimated to be in the multiple millions of dollars in 2005], was brought to him.

Luke 19:13

So, he called ten of his slaves and gave each of them a sum of money [Note: The amount of each sum was equivalent to one hundred twelve-hour days of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $10,800 in 2005]. [Then] he said to them, ‘Invest this money until I return.’

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, [then] whatever a person has [to give] is acceptable, and not what he does not have.