Matthew 25:14-19 ▼

14 For—as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his substance,

15 and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

16 And he who received the five talents, having gone, worked with them, and made five other talents;

17 in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;

18 and he who received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

19 And after a long time comes the lord of those servants, and takes reckoning with them;