ACV(i)
16 And the first came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained ten minas.
17 And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained five minas.
19 And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy mina, which I had put away in a napkin.
21 For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.
22 He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
23 Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank, and having come I would have collected it with interest?
24 And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.
25 And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
26 For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.