Matthew 25:24-28
Matthew 25:24
“Now the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed.
Matthew 25:25
And I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you still have what is yours.’
Matthew 25:26
“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You worthless, lazy slave! Did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter seed?
Matthew 25:27
Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
Matthew 25:28
Therefore: take the talent away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’