Living_Oracles(i)
16 Then the first came, and said, My Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.
17 He answered, Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very small matter, receive the government of ten cities.
18 And the second who came, said, My Lord, your pound has gained five pounds.
19 He answered, Be you also governor of five cities.
20 Another came, saying, My Lord, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard master; you exact what you did not give, and reap what you did not sow.
22 He answered, Out of your own mouth, you malignant servant, I will condemn you. Did you know that I am a hard master, exacting what I did not give, and reaping what I did not sow?
23 Why, then, did you not put my money into the bank; that at my return I might have received it with interest?
24 Then he said to his attendants, Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has ten pounds.
25 They answered, My Lord, he has ten pounds.
26 He replied, I tell you, that to every one who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken.