ECB(i)
16 And the first comes, wording, Adoni, your mina acquired ten minas.
17 And he says to him, Well done, you good servant: because you became trustworthy in the least, have authority over ten cities.
18 And the second comes, wording, Adoni, your mina produced five minas.
19 And likewise he says to him, You also be over five cities.
20 And another comes, wording, Adoni, behold, your mina, which I laid in a sudarium:
21 for I awe you, because you are an austere human: you take what you place not, and harvest what you spore not.
22 And he words to him, From your own mouth I judge you, evil servant: you know I am an austere human, taking what I place not, and harvest what I spore not:
23 And why gave you not my silver to the table, so that at my coming I had ever exacted my own with interest?
24 And he says to them who stand by, Take the mina from him and give to him having ten minas.
25 - and they say to him, Adoni, he has ten minas.
26 For I word to you, To everyone who has, is given; and from him who has not, even what he has, is taken from him: