^{24 Ref} And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

^{25 Ref} And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

^{26 Ref} But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

^{27 Ref} Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?