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Luke 19:19-22 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

19. And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’

20. Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,

21. for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’

22. He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant;

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