Matthew 25:14-16

Contemporary English Version

A Story about Three Servants

(Luke 19.11-27)

^14 (A) The kingdom is also like what happened when a man went away and put his three servants in charge of all he owned. ¹⁵ The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed 5,000 coins to the first servant, 2,000 to the second, and 1,000 to the third. Then he left the country.

¹⁶ As soon as the man had gone, the servant with the 5,000 coins used them to earn 5,000 more.