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.'