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.

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.

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

'Therefore,' he continued, 'take away from him the six hundred pounds, and give it to the one who has the six thousand.

And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.