Matthew 25:12-15

12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

The Parable of the Bags of Gold

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,^[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Cross References

• 1. ver 41; S Matthew 7:23
• 2. Matthew 24:42,44; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:40
• 3. Matthew 21:33; Luke 19:12
• 4. Matthew 18:24,25

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek "five talents … two talents … one talent" ; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wage.