Luke 19:19-23 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

19. To this one he said, ‘You will be in charge of five cities.’

20. “Another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it hidden in a handkerchief.

21. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what is not yours and reap what you did not sow.’

22. He said to him, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not sown.

23. Well, then, why didn't you put my money in the bank? Then I would have received it back with interest when I returned.’

Luke 19