19:16. And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
19:17. And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
19:18. And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19:19. And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
19:20. And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.
19:21. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.
19:22. He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.
19:23. And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury?
19:24. And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
19:25. And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.