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 five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

Do you not yet understand or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.