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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_25:14-18
14"For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves, and entrusted his possessions to them. 15To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. 16Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. 17In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. 18But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money."
Mat_25:16 "Immediately the one who had received the five talents" This parable is paralleled in Luk_19:11-27. There is a Greek manuscript variant over how "immediately" relates to Mat_25:15 : (1) does it describe the slave owner or (2) the slave? Although the Greek texts vary, the context and Matthew's usage of "immediately" mandate option two.
▣ "five talents" A talent was equivalent to 6,000 denarii. A denarius was the daily wage of soldiers and laborers. The RSV footnote says "more than fifteen years'wages of a laborer." See Special Topic at Mat_17:24.
▣ "each according to his own ability" This states a biblical principle (cf. Mat_13:8; 2Co_8:3; 2Co_8:11).