“But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 25 contains 46 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.