25. I was afraid. So I hid your two thousand dollars in the ground. Here’s your money!’
26. “His master responded, ‘You evil and lazy servant! If you knew that I harvest where I haven’t planted and gather where I haven’t scattered,
27. then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest.
28. Take the two thousand dollars away from him! Give it to the one who has the ten thousand!
29. To all who have, more will be given, and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken away from those who don’t have much.
30. Throw this useless servant outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’