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While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, 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, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
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Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
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"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and delivered 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, and he went on his journey.
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Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
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In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
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But he who received the one went away and dug in the eretz, and hid his lord's money.
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"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
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He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'