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and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;
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and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.
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`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
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`For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,
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and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.
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`And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;
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in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;
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and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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`And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;
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and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.
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`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.