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THE INVESTMENT TEST
For exactly as a human going abroad, he calls his own servants, and delivers his holdings to them:
15 and indeed he gives one five talent weights, another two, and another one; - each according to his several dynamis; and straightway goes abroad.
16 And he who took the five talent weights goes and works them, and produces another five talent weights:
17 and likewise he who took two, also gains another two:
18 but he who took one, goes and digs in the soil and secretes the silver of his adoni.
19 After a vast time the adoni of those servants comes and reckons words with them.
20 And he who took five talent weights comes and offers another five talent weights; wording, Adoni, you delivered five talent weights to me: behold, I gained another five talent weights beside them.
21 His adoni says to him, Well done, you good and trustworthy servant: you are trustworthy over a little; I seat you over much: enter the cheer of your adoni.
22 And he who took two talent weights comes and says, Adoni, you delivered two talent weights to me: behold, I gained another two talent weights beside them.
23 His adoni says to him, Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you are trustworthy over a little, I seat you over much: enter the cheer of your adoni.
24 He who took the one talent weight comes and says, Adoni, I know you, that you are a hard human, harvesting where you spore not, and gathering together where you scatter not:
25 and being awestricken, I went and secreted your talent weight in the soil: behold, you have your own.
26 His adoni answers him, saying, You evil and slothful servant, you know I harvest where I spore not, and gather together where I scatter not:
27 so you needed to put my silver to the exchangers, and then at my coming I had received my own with interest.
28 So take the talent weight from him, and give to him who has ten talent weights.
29 For to everyone who has, is given; and he has super abundance: but from him who has not is taken away even what he has.
30 And eject the useless servant into outer darkness: there becomes weeping and gnashing of teeth.