Luke 19:16-26

16The first slave appeared, saying, ‘1Master, your 2mina has made ten minas more.’

17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been 3faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’

18The second one came, saying, ‘Your 4mina, 5master, has made five minas.’

19And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

20And then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief;

21for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’

22He said to him, ‘6From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?

23And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back, I would have collected it with interest?’

24And then he said to the other slaves who were present, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’

25And they said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas.’

26‘7I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.