18 And the second came, saying, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’
19 So he said to this one also, ‘And you be over five cities.’
20 And another came, saying, ‘Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.
21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man—you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!’
22 He said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
23 And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, when I returned, would have collected it with interest?’
24 And to the bystanders he said, ‘Take away from him the mina and give it to the one who has the ten minas!’