The Parable of the Bags of Gold(A)

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey,(B) who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

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14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

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The Parable of the Talents(A)

14 (B)“For the kingdom of heaven is (C)like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.

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The Parable of the Talents

14 (A)“For (B)it will be like a man (C)going on a journey, who called his servants[a] and entrusted to them his property.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:14 Or bondservants; also verse 19

15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability.(A) 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 laborer’s wage.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

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15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, (A)to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.

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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.

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Footnotes

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