16 "The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' |
17 " 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' |
18 "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' |
19 "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' |
20 "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. |
21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.' |
22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? |
23 Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?' |
24 "Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.' |
25 " 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' |
26 "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. |
