Matthew 25:25

Matthew 25:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
• New International Version (NIV)So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.'
• New Living Translation (NLT)I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’

Context of Matthew 25:25

23His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ 26“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

Matthew 25:25 word by word

καὶ φοβηθεὶς ἀπελθὼν ἔκρυψα τὸ τάλαντόν σου ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἴδε ἔχεις τὸ σόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I was afraidφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• and wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• and hidκρύπτωkruptō · to hideG2928
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• talentτάλαντονtalanton · talentG5007
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the earthγῆgē · earth: soilG1093
• loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• thineσόςsos · yourG4674

Cross-references for Matthew 25:25

• 2 Samuel 6:9David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”
• Proverbs 26:13The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”
• Isaiah 57:11“And of whom have you been afraid, or feared, That you have lied And not remembered Me, Nor taken it to your heart? Is it not because I have held My peace from of old That you do not fear Me?
• Romans 8:15For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
• 2 Timothy 1:6Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
• Revelation 21:8But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Commentaries on Matthew 25:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I was afraid - I feared lest, by some accident, thy talent would be lost if I put it out to trade, and that I should be severely punished by a hard master. I therefore kept it laid up safely, and hid it where it could not be lost. That is thine - There is what properly belongs to thee. There is the original talent that thou gavest me, and that is all that can be reasonably required. Observe here: 1.That this expresses exactly the feelings of all sinners…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. The day of account comes at last. We must all be reckoned with as to what good we have got to our own souls, and have done to others, by the advantages we have enjoyed. It is not meant…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-30This parable teaches that the Lord expects his servants to be faithful to the task given to them while waiting for his return. The delay of Christ’s return will cause some to do evil things (Matthew 24:48–49), some to become inactive (25:3), and others may become fearfully passive (25:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. And I was afraid--of making matters worse by meddling with it at all. and went and hid thy talent in the earth--This depicts the conduct of all those who shut up their gifts from the active service of Christ, without actually prostituting them to unworthy uses. Fitly, therefore, may it, at least, comprehend those, to whom Trench refers, who, in the early Church, pleaded that they had enough to do with their own souls, and were afraid of losing them in…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 25:25

• Civil Service
• Gifts from God
• Infidelity
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Opportunity
• Probation
• Punishment
• Responsibility
• Self-Condemnation
• Servant
• Steward
• Trustee
• Unfaithfulness
• Works

In the dictionaries

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• Judgment, The final
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• Parable
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• Talent
• Thirsty
• Unprofitable

Commentaries on Matthew 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings