¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, ^(A)to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.

²⁴ And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

¹³ So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten ^[a]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ ^14 (A)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

^48 (A)But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.