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And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
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Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
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But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
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Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.
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For
it is like a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.
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And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.
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And after he was gone, he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents.
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And likewise he that
had received two, he also gained another two.
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But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
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And after a long time the lord of those slaves came and reckoned accounts with them.
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And so he that had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.