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


In Context

11 and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

12 and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

13 'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

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

15 and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

16 'And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14|For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

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.