NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 15

Matthew 25:15

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.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Matthew 25:15 in context

Matthew 25:12–18

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

“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.

Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.

Notes from World English Bible Updated

A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds (usually used to weigh silver unless otherwise specified)

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