23. “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24. “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.
25. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
26. “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
27. You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
28. Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
29. For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.
30. Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
31. “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
32. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.