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The Parable of the Talents
14 For [it] is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. 15 To one he gave five talents,[fn] to [another] two [talents], and to [another] one [talent]—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.
16 The [servant] who had received the five talents went at once [and] put them to work[fn] 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 and settled 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.’
21 His master replied ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you {in charge} of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
22 The [servant] [who had received] the two talents also came [and] said, ‘Master, you entrusted me {with} two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
23 His master replied ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you {in charge} of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
24 Finally, the [servant] who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out [and] hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what [belongs] to you.’
26 ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it {back} with interest.
28 Therefore take the talent from him and give [it] to the [one] who has ten talents. 29 For everyone who has will be given [more], and [he] will have an abundance. But the [one who] {does} not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, [where] there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
25:15 A talent was worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer.
25:16 Or 15... And he went on his journey at once. 16... went and put them to work. Translators vary as to the placement of the Greek adverb eutheōs (at once) at the end of verse 15 or at the beginning of verse 16.
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