Matthew Chapter 25 verse 18 Holy Bible
But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.
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But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
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But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - He that had received one (τὸ ἕν, the one talent). Limited opportunities do not condone neglect. This third servant was as much bound to put out to interest his little capital as the first was his larger means. Went; went away. He too was not altogether idle; he in some sort exerted himself, not indeed actually in evil (as the servant in Matthew 24:48, 49), but yet not practically in his lord's service. Hid his lord's money. He thought the amount so small, or his master so rich, that it was of no consequence what was done with it; it was not worth the trouble of traffic. So, like all Easterns, he buried the little treasure in the ground, to keep it safe till his lord should ask tot it. recognizing that it was not his own to treat as he liked, but that it still belonged to him who had entrusted it to his care. The man had some special grace, but he never exercised it, never let it shine before men, or bring forth the fruit of good works.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) He that had received one . . .--There is something strikingly suggestive in the fact that those who had received the higher sums were "good and faithful," and that it was left to the man who had received the smallest to fail in his duty. Failure in the use of wider opportunities brings with it a greater condemnation; but it is true, as a fact of human nature which our Lord thus recognised, that in such cases there is commonly less risk of failure. The very presence of the opportunities brings with it a sense of responsibility. So faithfulness in a very little receives its full reward, but the consciousness of having but a little, when men do not believe in their Master's wisdom and love in giving them but a little, tempts to discontent and so to sloth on the one hand, and on the other, as with Judas, to hasty and unscrupulous greed of immediate gain.
