# Matthew 25.20

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 18. <span class="rl-speech">But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.</span>
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> **20. <span class="rl-speech">And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.</span>**
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> 21. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 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. (Matthew 25:18-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 18. <span class="rl-speech">But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.</span>
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> **20. <span class="rl-speech">He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’</span> (Matthew 25:18-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 18. <span class="rl-speech">But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.</span>
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> **20. <span class="rl-speech">And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.</span>**
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> 21. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 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. (Matthew 25:18-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 18. <span class="rl-speech">and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">'And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;</span>
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> **20. <span class="rl-speech">and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, 'Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">'And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.</span> (Matthew 25:18-22, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/), via [Matthew 25.14-30](/codex/matthew-25-14-30/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 25](/codex/matthew-25/)
- [Kingdom Business](/codex/kingdom-business/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.