Murdock(i)
12 And he said: A certain man of high birth was going to a distant place, to obtain royalty, and return again.
13 And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds: and he said to them, Traffic until I come.
14 But the inhabitants of his city hated him; and they sent envoys after him, saying: We wish this man not to reign over us.
15 And when he had obtained the royalty, and had returned, he commanded those servants to be called, to whom he had committed his money; that he might know what each of them had gained by trading.
16 And the first came, and said: My Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 He said to him: Well done, good servant! As thou hast been faithful over a little, thou shalt have authority over ten towns.
18 And the second came, and said: My lord, thy pound hath produced five pounds.
19 He said likewise to him: Thou also shalt have authority over five towns.
20 And another came, and said: My lord, lo, this is thy pound, which hath been with me, laid up in fine linen.
21 For I was afraid of thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou sowedst not.
22 He said to him: Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, thou evil servant. Thou knewest me, that I am a hard man, and that I take up what I laid not down, and reap what I sowed not!
23 Why didst thou not put my money into the broker's hands, that when I came, I might have demanded it with interest?
24 And he said to them that stood before him: Take from him the pound, and give it to him with whom are the ten pounds.
25 They say to him: Our lord, there are with him ten pounds.
26 He said to them: I tell you, that to every one that hath, will be given; and from him that hath not, even what he hath will be taken away.