14 For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed.16 And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents.17 And likewise also the man of the two gained two others.18 But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver.