17 “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant. Because you were trustworthy in a small matter, have authority over ten cities.’
18 “And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’
19 “And he said to him also, ‘And you – be over five cities.’
20 “And another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept laid up in a handkerchief.
21 ‘For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’
22 “And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.
23 ‘Why did you not put the silver in the bank, that when I come I could have collected it with interest?’