He gave one servant five talents [Note: This 'talent' was a large sum of money in the form of a certain weight of silver. It was the equivalent of sixty years of a farm laborer's wages, or about $750,000 in income]. He gave two talents to another servant and one talent to another. He gave to each one an amount in keeping with his ability [to invest it wisely], and then left on his trip.

But he that received seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; who also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And some fell on the good ground and yielded fruit, indeed one a hundredfold, and one sixty, and one thirty.

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver.

And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.