Matthew 25:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one–to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ To one he gave five valuable coins, and to another he gave two, and to another he gave one. He gave to each servant according to that servant’s ability. Then he left on his journey.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.

Matthew 25:15 Cross References

Matthew 18:24

When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him,

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away.

Luke 12:48

But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.

Ephesians 5:33

Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.