Luke 19
17 “‘Well done, my good servant!` his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.` 18 “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.` 19 “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.` 20 “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.` 22 “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then didn`t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?` 24 “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.`