His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

"A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it.

After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?