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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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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 25:15
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 25:15
To one (ω μεν, ω δε, ω δε). Demonstrative ος, not the relative. Neat Greek idiom.
According to his several ability …
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 25:15
19th Century
Preacher
He is gone; our Lord has risen; and we, his servants, are left behind to trade with his goods for his glory.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 25:15
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…
John Calvin
On Matthew 25:15
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Matthew 25:15
17th Century
Pastor
And unto one he gave five talents
A "talent" with the Jews, if of silver, was, according to Brerewood F23…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 25:14–30
17th Century
Minister
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…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 25:14–30
13th Century
Philosopher
Previously, the Lord tells a parable about the Judgment, in which some are condemned for not keeping the interior spiritual good they had received,…