Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
Matthew 25:16 - English Standard Version 2016 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he gained five talents more. American Standard Version (1901) Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. Common English Bible “After the man left, the servant who had five valuable coins took them and went to work doing business with them. He gained five more. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five. |
Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.