13 ‘Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

The parable of the bags of gold

14 ‘Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:15 Greek five talents . . . two talents . . . one talent; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day labourer’s wage.