Matthew 25:16

New English Translation

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

Isaiah 23:18

Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

Matthew 18:24

As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Matthew 25:17

In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

Luke 19:13

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

Acts 13:36

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.