Matthew 25:14
NASB
Matt 25:14
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"For {it is} just like a man {about} to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
Matt 25:15
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~"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
Matt 25:16
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~"Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.
Matt 25:17
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~"In the same manner the one who {had received} the two {talents} gained two more.
Matt 25:18
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~"But he who received the one {talent} went away, and dug {a hole} in the ground and hid his master's money.
Matt 25:19
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"Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
Matt 25:20
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~"The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, `Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.'
Matt 25:21
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~"His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
Matt 25:22
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"Also the one who {had received} the two talents came up and said, `Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.'
Matt 25:23
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~"His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
Matt 25:24
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"And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, `Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no {seed.}
Matt 25:25
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~`And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
Matt 25:26
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"But his master answered and said to him, `You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no {seed.}
Matt 25:27
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~`Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my {money} back with interest.
Matt 25:28
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~`Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'
Matt 25:29
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"For to everyone who has, {more} shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
Matt 25:30
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~"Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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