23. “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
24. “And the one who had received the one talent also came and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed,
25. and being afraid, I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
26. “And his master answering, said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27. ‘Then you should have put my silver with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28. ‘Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to him who possesses ten talents.