Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these, ¹  sir?”

He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded, “No, sir.”

He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said, “No, sir.”

Then I asked the angelic messenger ¹  who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?”

Then ¹  the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’ ² 

Then ¹  the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’

But ¹  they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten minas already!’ ² 

The woman said to him, “Sir, I see ¹  that you are a prophet.

“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”

So they said to him, “Sir, ¹  give us this bread all the time!”

The man ¹  replied, ²  “And who is he, sir, that ³  I may believe in him?”

How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ¹  My strength is gone, ²  and I am breathless.”

I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, ¹  what will happen after these things?”

So ¹  the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, ²  your mina ³  has made ten minas more.’

So these approached Philip, ¹  who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, ²  “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

She said, “You really are being kind to me, ¹  sir, ²  for you have reassured ³  and encouraged ⁴  me, your servant, ⁵  even though I am ⁶  not one of your servants!” ⁷ 

Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger ¹  who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”

The father ¹  went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ²  ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

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.’

The ¹  one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’