Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Matthew 25
¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
¹¹ Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ’Lord, Lord, open to us!’
¹² But he answered and said, ’Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
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.
¹⁵ And 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.
¹⁶ Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
¹⁷ And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
¹⁸ But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
²⁰ So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ’Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’