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 others fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred.

And these are they who are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

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

And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, it being about sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, so that they might nourish her there a thousand, two hundred and sixty days.

Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.'

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars and the money given to the poor?"

And giant hailstones, as heavy as a talent, fell from the sky on the people; and people reviled and spoke abusively of God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so very great.

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?

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

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

Then the second came and said, 'Your five pounds has made twenty-five, sir.'