Luke 19:16-26

16The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'

17And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

18And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made five minas.'

19And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

20Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

21for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

22He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'

24And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'

25And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

26'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.