“For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 25:14 in context
Matthew 25:11–17
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Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
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But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
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Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
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“For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
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To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
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Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
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In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
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