15. When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by buying and selling.
16. The first one came before him, and he said, Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas.
17. And he said to him, Well done, excellent bond servant! Because you have been faithful and trustworthy in a very little [thing], you shall have authority over ten cities.
18. The second one also came and said, Lord, your mina has made five more minas.
19. And he said also to him, And you will take charge over five cities.
20. Then another came and said, Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief.
21. For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are a stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.
22. He said to the servant, I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?
23. Then why did you not put my money in a bank, so that on my return, I might have collected it with interest?
24. And he said to the bystanders, Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.
25. And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas [already]!
26. And [said Jesus,] I tell you that to everyone who gets and has will more be given, but from the man who does not get and does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
27. [The indignant king ended by saying] But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them–bring them here and slaughter them in my presence!