16. The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’
17. “ ‘Well done, good slave! ’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’
18. “The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
19. “So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’
20. “And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth
21. because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
22. “He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
23. why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest! ’