²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, `here is' thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

¹³ The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

¹⁴ `As' the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

¹⁵ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

²⁴ And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

⁹ And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

⁴⁶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

¹³ And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye `herewith' till I come.

¹⁷ To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.