Discovery BoxMatthew 25:20 
Context25:20 The 1 one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, 2 you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
Matthew 25:22
Context25:22 The 3 one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’
Matthew 18:24
Context18:24 As 4 he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents 5 was brought to him.
Matthew 25:15-16
Context25:15 To 6 one he gave five talents, 7 to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 25:16 The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work 8 and gained five more.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk Or “Lord; or “Master” (and so throughout this paragraph).
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
5 sn A talent was a huge sum of money, equal to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was the usual day’s wage for a worker. L&N 6.82 states, “a Greek monetary unit (also a unit of weight) with a value which fluctuated, depending upon the particular monetary system which prevailed at a particular period of time (a silver talent was worth approximately six thousand denarii with gold talents worth at least thirty times that much).”
6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
7 sn A talent was equal to 6000 denarii. See the note on this term in 18:24.
8 tn Grk “traded with them.”
