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.
29. ‘For to everyone who possesses, more shall be given, and he shall have overflowingly; but from him who does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away.
30. ‘And throw the worthless servant out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
31. “And when the Son of Aḏam comes in His esteem, and all the set-apart messengers with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His esteem.
32. “And all the nations shall be gathered before Him, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
33. “And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
34. “Then the Sovereign shall say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the reign prepared for you from the foundation of the world –
35. for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
36. was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37. “Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry and we fed You, or thirsty and gave You to drink?