Matthew 25:14-30 - The Parable Of The Talents

¹⁴ "For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them. ¹⁵ He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey. ¹⁶ The man who had received the five thousand dollars at once went out and invested it, and made five thousand more. ¹⁷ In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more. ¹⁸ But the man who had received the one thousand went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money.

¹⁹ After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them. ²⁰ The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.'

²¹ His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

²² Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.'

²³ His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

²⁴ Then the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Master, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, who gathered where you had not threshed. ²⁵ So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.'

²⁶ His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed. ²⁷ So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

²⁸ So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand. ²⁹ For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'