16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. |
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. |
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. |
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. |
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: |
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. |
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: |
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? |
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. |
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) |
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. |
