15 To one he gave five (A)talents,[a] to another two, to another one, (B)to each according to his ability. Then he (C)went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:15 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

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