Five, Two and One Talent Given - Matthew 25:15

Matthew the apostle wrote how Jesus told His disciples, “the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods”, and in chapter twenty-five and verse fifteen of his book, Matthew writes how Jesus shares how the traveling man gave to his servants, “five talents, to another two, and to another one” where we read:

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one;

to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

The verse reads, “And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; ...” Matthew began with Jesus' words, “and unto one” which means “and to one servant of the man who was to travel” “he gave five talents” or “the man delivered over five sums of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency” “to another two” which means “to another of the man's servant he delivered two sums of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency”, “and to another one” or “and to yet another servant the man gave one sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency”. Matthew shared how Jesus said the man who was to “travel” delivered to his servants five, two and one “talent” accordingly.

The verse continues, “ to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.” Matthew added Jesus' words, “to every man” which means “to each and everyone of the servants” “according to his several ability” or “pertaining to each servant's private and separate strength, power, influence and resources”; “and straightway” which means “and immediately and ”forthwith “took his journey” or “went abroad and into a far country or land”. Matthew shared how Jesus said the man gave his “servants” their portion of his wealth pertaining to the servant's own personal “strength, power and influence”.

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, we notice the different amounts given to the “servants”. To one of them he gave “five talents, to another two and to another one”, and this might seem “unfair” at first glance, but the qualifier was that each servant's portion was appropriated by their own particular “strengths and influence”. God made people different, and some people have certain abilities that others do not have. The “portion” given by this man was relative to the qualities within the different servants, and each of them were only responsible for the “talents” they were given. God desires to have a personal relationship with every person, and regardless of their “abilities and influences”, His desire is that they use the “gifts” given to them. Let all who read these words know that God Almighty loves everyone, and all the “gifts” he provides belong to Him and He distributes them according to His Divine will.

Next time Matthew writes how Jesus says, “he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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