Matthew(i)
16 Then came the fyrste saiynge: Lorde, thy pounde hath encreased ten pounde.
17 And he sayde vnto hym. Well good seruaunte, because thou waste faythful in a very lytell thynge, take thou authoritye ouer ten cities.
18 And the other came, saying: Lorde thy pounde hath encreased fyue pound.
19 And to the same he sayde, and be thou also ruler ouer .v. cities.
20 And the .iij. came & sayde: Lorde, behold here thy pounde, whiche I haue kept in a napkyn,
21 for I feared the, because thou art a strayt man, thou takest vp that thou laydest not doune, and reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.
22 And he sayde to him: Of thyne owne mouthe iudge I the thou euil seruaunt. Knowest thou that I am a strayte man takyng vp that I layde not doune, and reapyng that I did not sowe?
23 Wherfore then gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my commynge I mighte haue requyred myne owne with vauntage.
24 And he sayed to them that stode by: take from hym that pounde, and geue it hym that hath ten pounde.
25 And they sayde vnto him: Lorde, he hath ten pounde.
26 I saye vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe geuen: and from hym that hath not, euen that he hath shalbe taken from hym.