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To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability, and he went on his journey.
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Your Talents Are Valuable
Commentators emphasize that "talents" represent everything God entrusts to us—not just money, but abilities, opportunities, spiritual gifts, and even the gospel itself. Scholars note a single talent was a vast sum, worth perhaps 20 years of a laborer's wages, underscoring the immense value and responsibility of what God has given each believer to manage.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Five talents. (See Barnes on Matthew 18:24).
A talent of silver was worth about 1519 dollars, 23 cents, [or £342 3s. 9d.] It here d…
To one (ω μεν, ω δε, ω δε). Demonstrative ος, not the relative. Neat Greek idiom.
According to his several ability …
19th Century
Anglican
Unto one he gave five talents—For the value of the talent, see the note on Matthew 18:24. The languages of modern Europe bear witn…
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Baptist
He is gone; our Lord has risen; and we, his servants, are left behind to trade with his goods for his glory.
Modern English uses the word “talent” for skills and mental powers God has entrusted to men; but in NT times the “talent” (GK 5419) was a unit of e…
16th Century
Protestant
To every one according to his own ability. By this term Christ does not distinguish between natural gifts and the gifts of the Spirit, for…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And unto one he gave five talents A "talent" with the Jews, if of silver, was, according to Brerewood F23…
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 Ch…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord tells a parable about the Judgment, in which some are condemned for not keeping the interior spiritual good they had received,…
