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Then he who had received
the one talent came and said,
'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man,
reaping where you have not sown,
and gathering
where you have not scattered seed.
And I was afraid, and went and
hid your talent in the ground.
Look, there you have what is yours.'

"But his lord answered
and said to him,
'You wicked and lazy servant,
you knew that I reap
where I have not sown,
and gather
where I have not scattered seed.
So you ought to have
deposited my money with the bankers,
and at my coming I would have
received back my own with interest.
Therefore take the talent from him,
and give it to him
who has ten talents.

'For to everyone who has,
more will be given,
and he will have abundance;
but from him who does not have,
even what he has
will be taken away.
And cast the unprofitable servant
into the outer darkness.
There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 25:24-30