17 And he said to him: 'Well done, good servant. Since you have been faithful in a small matter, you will hold authority over ten cities.'
18 And the second came, saying: 'Lord, your one pound has earned five pounds.'
19 And he said to him, 'And so, you shall be over five cities.'
20 And another approached, saying: 'Lord, behold your one pound, which I kept stored in a cloth.
21 For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'
22 He said to him: 'By your own mouth, do I judge you, O wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
23 And so, why did you not give my money to the bank, so that, upon my return, I might have withdrawn it with interest?'