11 “Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us! ’
12 “But he replied, ‘I assure you: I do not know you! ’
13 “Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
14 “For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.
15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one — to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately
16 the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.
17 In the same way the man with two earned two more.