16. The servant who got five bags went quickly to invest the money. The five bags of money earned five more.
17. It was the same with the servant who had two bags of money. He invested the money and earned two more.
18. But the servant who got one bag of money went out and dug a hole in the ground. Then he hid his master’s money in the hole.
19. “After a long time the master came home. He asked the servants what they did with his money.
20. The servant who got five bags of money brought five more bags to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, you trusted me to care for five bags of money. So I used your five bags to earn five more.’