25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'


In Context

22 "The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'

23 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

24 "Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'

26 "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, [there] thou hast [that is] thine.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:25And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:25and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:25and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast what is thine.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: see, there you have that is yours.