“Whenever you see of those who have received from Christ a dispensation of the oracles of God that some have more and some less; that some have not in comparison of the better sort half an understanding of things; that others have still less; you will perceive the difference of those who have all of them received from…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
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13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
— Matthew 25:15 —
16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.