^{21 Ref} for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'

^{22 Ref} "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

^{23 Ref} Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

^{24 Ref} He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

^{25 Ref} "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

^{26 Ref} 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.