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But the wise replied, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'
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And while they went 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 maidens came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.'
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But he replied, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
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Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
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"For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property;
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to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
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He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.
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So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more.
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But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
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Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.