“Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.”

The first goes out ‘immediately'. He is joyful and dedicated in his service. And he makes full use of what has been entrusted to him by his Lord. He trades, and turns the five talents into ten talents. A talent, which is a weight of silver or gold, was no mean sum of money so that five talents was a large amount (possibly half a lifetime's wages), and it therefore involved him in being very busy, with his mind concentrated on what he was doing. He was ‘watching', but he did not have time to stand and stare. He was busy for his Master.

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