14|For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.


In Context

11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'

12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

14 |For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

Matthew 25:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:14For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:14For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:14For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14For it is as if a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:14For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14For — as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.