14. for it is like a man going from home, who called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them.
15. “And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, and went from home.
16. “And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents.
17. “In the same way, he with the two also, he gained two more.
18. “But he who had received the one went away and dug in the ground, and hid the silver of his master.
19. “And after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.