Matthew 25:8-18

8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

9 But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and ¹those who were ready went in with him to ²the marriage feast, and ³the door was shut.

11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ⁴'Lord, lord, open to us.'

12 ⁵But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, ⁶I do not know you.'

13 ⁷Watch therefore, for you ⁸know neither the day nor the hour.

14 ⁹"For ¹⁰it will be like a man ¹¹going on a journey, who called his servants^[a] and entrusted to them his property.

15 To one he gave five ¹²talents,^[b] to another two, to another one, ¹³to each according to his ability. Then he ¹⁴went away.

16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.

17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

18 But he who had received the one talent went and ¹⁵dug in the ground and hid his master's money.

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