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He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. 15 He gave five bags of silver[a] to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.
And he having received one, having gone away, digged up the earth, and buried the money belonging to his lord. Haweis New Testament But he that had received the one talent, went and digged a hole in the ground, and hid the silver of his master.
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The first thing to notice about the servants in Jesus’s parable is that they are given their talents: “to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability” (Matthew 25:15). The master wasn’t obligated to give the servants anything. Each servant received his talents by the grace of the master. The implicatio...
The second thing to notice is that in choosing talentsas the metaphor for the abilities God entrusts to us, Jesus makes clear to us that God values highly the gifts he gives us. It’s nearly impossible to convert the value of a first century talent into modern currency. But in trying to give us some sense of its actual buying power, some scholars es...
Paul loved that phrase: “the grace given.” He used it in referring to himself: 1. “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you . . . ” (Romans 12:3). Here Paul recognized God had entrusted to him unique authorityas an apostle. 2. “According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation” (1 Corinthia...
So we must each ask: what are we doing with our talents — with the grace God has given to us? It’s a sobering and liberating question. It’s sobering because we know our own selfishness, that we are prone by our sin nature to act like the worthless servant who neglected his stewardship. But even such sobering reflection is a grace, because it can sh...
But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master’s money. 19-21 “After a long absence, the master of those three servants came back and settled up with them. The one given five thousand dollars showed him how he had doubled his investment.
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 ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’. New Living Translation. I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’. English Standard Version.
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The servant with the one talent did not go into business to try to multiply his master's money. Nor did He invest it, or work with it. He simply buried it. He dug a hole and put the entire amount in the ground. He literally hid it and did nothing constructive.
