9. “But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, indeed, there would not be enough for us and you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
10. “And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
11. “And later the other maidens also came, saying, ‘Master, Master, open up for us!’
12. “But he answering, said, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13. “Watch therefore, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Aḏam is coming,
14. for it is like a man going from home, who called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them.
15. “And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, and went from home.
16. “And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents.
17. “In the same way, he with the two also, he gained two more.
18. “But he who had received the one went away and dug in the ground, and hid the silver of his master.
19. “And after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.