Matthew 25:14-19 ▼

14 “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.

15 To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and then he went on his journey.

16 The one who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he [made a profit and] gained five more.

17 Likewise the one who had two [made a profit and] gained two more.

18 But the one who had received the one went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

19 “Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.