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13 Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.[a]

The Parable of the Talents

14 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; 15 to one he gave five talents,[b] to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:13 Other ancient authorities add in which the Son of Man is coming
  2. Matthew 25:15 A talent was worth more than fifteen years’ wages of a laborer

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