Moffatt(i)
15 to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad.
16 The servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds went at once and traded with them, making another twelve hundred.
17 Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.
18 But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
19 Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
20 Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'
21 His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'
22 Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'
23 His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'
24 Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.
25 So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'
26 His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed!
27 Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.
28 Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred.
29 For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.
30 Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.