15 When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he called for those slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much business they had done.
16 Now the first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your one mina has made ten.’
17 The master said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you were faithful with so little, take charge over ten cities.’
18 Also, the second slave came, saying, ‘Your mina, Master, made five.’
19 Then he also said to this one, ‘You are likewise over five cities.’
20 But another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina. I was keeping it safe in a handkerchief,
21 for I was afraid of you because you are a strict man. You take what you did not make and reap what you did not sow.’