9. But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy some for yourselves.’
10. “But while they were going off to buy, the bridegroom came. And those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
11. Now later, the other virgins came, saying, ‘Sir, Sir, open up for us!’
12. “But he replied, ‘Amen, I tell you, I do not know you.’
13. Therefore stay alert, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
14. “For it is like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.
15. To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
16. “Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them and gained five more.
17. In the same way, the one with two gained two more.
18. But the one who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19. “Now after a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.