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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Matthew 25
¹¹ Later the other virgins also came, saying, ’Lord, lord, open up for us.’
¹² But he answered, ’Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’
¹³ Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
¹⁴ "For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
¹⁶ Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.
¹⁷ In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more.
¹⁸ But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
¹⁹ "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
²⁰ The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ’Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.’
²¹ His master said to him, ’Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’