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Matthew 25:18
Matthew 25:18 is verse 18 of Matthew chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
King James Version
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
World English Bible
But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
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Matthew 25:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
17 Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
18 But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
19 After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.
20 The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Proverbs 26:14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
Haggai 1:3Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Luke 19:20Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
2 Peter 1:8For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.