34 (A)It is like a man (B)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[a] in charge, (C)each with his work, and commands (D)the doorkeeper to stay awake.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:34 Or bondservants

The Parable of the Talents

14 (A)“For (B)it will be like a man (C)going on a journey, who called his servants[a] and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five (D)talents,[b] to another two, to another one, (E)to each according to his ability. Then he (F)went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:14 Or bondservants; also verse 19
  2. Matthew 25:15 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

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