22. Next, the servant who had been given two thousand coins came in and said, “Sir, you gave me two thousand coins, and I have earned two thousand more.”
23. “Wonderful!” his master replied. “You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!”
24. The servant who had been given one thousand coins then came in and said, “Sir, I know that you are hard to get along with. You harvest what you don't plant and gather crops where you haven't scattered seed.
25. I was frightened and went out and hid your money in the ground. Here is every single coin!”
26. The master of the servant told him, “You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know that I harvest what I don't plant and gather crops where I haven't scattered seed.
27. You could have at least put my money in the bank, so that I could have earned interest on it.”
28. Then the master said, “Now your money will be taken away and given to the servant with ten thousand coins!