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But the wise answered, saying, `Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.'
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And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
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Afterward came also the other virgins, 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 cometh.
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"For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants 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 every man according to his several ability, and straightway tookhis journey.
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Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them 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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After a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.