22. “The second servant also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two valuable coins. Look, I’ve gained two more.’
23. “His master replied, ‘Well done! You are a good and faithful servant. You’ve been faithful over a little. I’ll put you in charge of much. Come, celebrate with me.’
24. “Now the one who had received one valuable coin came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man. You harvest grain where you haven’t sown. You gather crops where you haven’t spread seed.
25. So I was afraid. And I hid my valuable coin in the ground. Here, you have what’s yours.’
26. “His master replied, ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest grain where I haven’t sown and that I gather crops where I haven’t spread seed?
27. In that case, you should have turned my money over to the bankers so that when I returned, you could give me what belonged to me with interest.
28. Therefore, take from him the valuable coin and give it to the one who has ten coins.