Luke 19:17-26 And he sayd vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt: because thou hast bene faythfull in a very lytell thynge, haue thou auctoryte ouer ten cyties.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And he sayd vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt: because thou hast bene faythfull in a very lytell thynge, haue thou auctoryte ouer ten cyties. ¹⁸ And another came, sayinge: Lorde, thy pounde hath made fyue pounde. ¹⁹ And to the same he sayde: be thou also ruler ouer fyue cyties. ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lorde, beholde here is thy pounde, whych I haue kepte in a napkyn: ²¹ for I feared the, because thou art a strayte man: thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, and reapest that thou dyddest not sowe. ²² He sayeth vnto hym: Of thyne awne mouth, wyll I iugde the, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a strayte man, takynge vp that I layde not downe, & reapynge that I dyd not sowe? ²³ And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commynge I myght haue required myne awne wyth vauntage? ²⁴ And he sayd vnto them that stode by, take from hym that pounde, and geue it hym that hath ten pounde. ²⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde, he hath ten pounde. ²⁶ For I saye vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen & from him that hath not shalbe taken awaye, euen that whych he hath.