Matthew 25:15 He gave one servant five talents in , income 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 $. 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.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ 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 1994 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.