Matthew 25:16 meaning and explanation

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Matthew 25:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, telling the parable of the talents just before his passion. A talent was a large weight of silver or gold, not a natural ability, so the master entrusts real wealth to his servants.

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