Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.

When he had begun to do so, one of them was brought to him who owed him six million pounds;

He gave three thousand pounds to one, twelve hundred to another, and six hundred to a third, in proportion to the ability of each. Then he set out on his travels.

But the man who had received the six hundred went and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

The man who had received the six hundred pounds came up, too, and said 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man; you reap where you have not sown, and gather up where you have not winnowed;

'Therefore,' he continued, 'take away from him the six hundred pounds, and give it to the one who has the six thousand.