“ The man with two talents also approached. He said,‘ Master, you gave me two talents. See, I’ve earned two more talents.’

那领二千的也来，说：‘主啊，你交给我二千银子。请看，我又赚了二千。’

那领二千的也进前来，说：‘主啊，你交给我二千。请看，我又赚了二千。’

那领二千的也进前来，说：‘主啊，你交给我二千。请看，我又赚了二千。’

“得到两千银币的奴仆也上前说，‘主人，你交给我两千银币，请看，我又赚了两千。’

那领了一万二千的也前来，说：‘主啊，你交了一万二千给我，你看，我又赚了一万二千。’

“那领了两千两银子的也上前来，说：‘主啊，你交托给我两千两银子，请看，我另外赚了两千两。’

那領二千的也來，說：『主啊，你交給我二千銀子。請看，我又賺了二千。』

那領二千的也進前來，說：『主啊，你交給我二千。請看，我又賺了二千。』

那領二千的也進前來，說：『主啊，你交給我二千。請看，我又賺了二千。』

「得到兩千銀幣的奴僕也上前說，『主人，你交給我兩千銀幣，請看，我又賺了兩千。』

那領了一萬二千的也前來，說：‘主啊，你交了一萬二千給我，你看，我又賺了一萬二千。’

那領一萬二千的也上前來，說：「主啊，你交給我一萬二千；請看，我另外賺了一萬二千了。」

「那領了兩千兩銀子的也上前來，說：『主啊，你交託給我兩千兩銀子，請看，我另外賺了兩千兩。』

受二千者至、曰、主付我二千、又獲二千矣、

受二千者至、曰主予我二千、我獲二千、倍之矣、

受二他連得者至、曰、主人、付我二他連得、我因之又獲二他連得、

受二千者亦謂曰：「吾主以二千金見託、予茲又獲二千。」

“ The man with two bags of gold also came.‘ Master,’ he said,‘ you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’

“ The man with two bags of gold also came.‘ Master,’ he said,‘ you trusted me with two bags of gold. See, I have earned two more.’

And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying,‘ Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’

“ The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said,‘ Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’

“ Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said,‘ Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have earned two more talents.’

He also who had received two talents came and said,‘ Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’

And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.

“ Then the man with two talents also approached. He said,‘ Master, you gave me two talents. Look, I’ve earned two more talents.’

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

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

“ He also who got the two talents came and said,‘ Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith;if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching;if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now as you excel in everything— in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us— excel also in this act of grace.I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia:During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord,

“ The second came and said,‘ Master, your mina has made five minas.’“ So he said to him,‘ You will be over five towns.’