Matthew 25:13-16
New American Standard Bible
14For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
15To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
16The one who had received the five talents immediately went and did business with them, and earned five more talents.
King James Version
Chapter 25
13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
Christian Standard Bible
14"For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
15To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately
16the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.
New Living Translation
14Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.
15He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last — dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.
English Standard Version
14"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
15To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
16He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.
New International Version
14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
15To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
16The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
New King James Version
Chapter 25
13“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
14“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
