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15 To one he gave five talents,[a] to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey.(A) Immediately 16 the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more. 17 In the same way the man with two earned two more.

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  1. 25:15 A talent is worth about 6,000 denarii, or twenty years’ wages for a labourer

15 To one he gave five talents;[a] to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey.(A) Immediately 16 the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more. 17 In the same way the man with two earned two more.

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  1. Matthew 25:15 Worth a very large sum of money; a talent = 6,000 denarii