Lamsa(i)
12 And he said, A great man of a noble family went to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, Do business until I come back.
14 But the people of his city hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, We do not want him to rule over us.
15 And when he received the kingdom and returned, he commanded to call his servants, to whom he had given the money, that he might know what each one of them had gained in business.
16 The first one came and said, My lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.
17 He said to him, O good servant, because you are found faithful in a little, you will have charge over ten talents. *
18 And the second came and said, My lord, your pound has gained five pounds.
19 He said to this one also, You also will have charge over five talents.
20 And another one came and said, My lord, here is your pound which was with me, which I kept laid up in a purse.
21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you pick up what you have not laid down, and you reap what you have not sown.
22 He said to him, I will judge you from your own mouth, O wicked servant. You knew me that I am a harsh man, and pick up what I have not laid down, and reap what I have not sown.
23 Why then did you not give my money to the exchange, so that when I came I could demand it with its interest?
24 And he said to those who stood in his presence, Take away the pound from him, and give it to him who has ten pounds.
25 They said to him, Our lord, he has already with him ten pounds.
26 He said to them, I say to you, to everyone who has shall be given; and from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
27 But those my enemies, who were not willing that I should rule over them, bring them here, and kill them before me.