Luke 19:20-23 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

20. “Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your bag of money. I wrapped it in a piece of cloth and hid it.

21. I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. You even take money that you didn’t earn and gather food that you didn’t grow.’

22. “Then the king said to him, ‘What a bad servant you are! I will use your own words to condemn you. You said that I am a hard man. You said that I even take money that I didn’t earn and gather food that I didn’t grow.

23. If that is true, you should have put my money in the bank. Then, when I came back, my money would have earned some interest.’

Luke 19