Matthew(i)
13 And he called hys ten seruauntes, & deliuered them ten pounde saiynge vnto them? by and sell tyll I come.
14 But hys citisens hated hym, and sente messengers after hym, saiynge: we will not haue thys man to reygne ouer vs.
15 And it came to passe, when he was come agayne, and had receyued hys kyngdome, he commaunded these seruauntes, to be called to him (to whom he gaue hys money) to wyt what euery man had done.
16 Then came the fyrste saiynge: Lorde, thy pounde hath encreased ten pounde.
17 And he sayde vnto hym. Well good seruaunte, because thou waste faythful in a very lytell thynge, take thou authoritye ouer ten cities.
18 And the other came, saying: Lorde thy pounde hath encreased fyue pound.
19 And to the same he sayde, and be thou also ruler ouer .v. cities.
20 And the .iij. came & sayde: Lorde, behold here thy pounde, whiche I haue kept in a napkyn,
21 for I feared the, because thou art a strayt man, thou takest vp that thou laydest not doune, and reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.
22 And he sayde to him: Of thyne owne mouthe iudge I the thou euil seruaunt. Knowest thou that I am a strayte man takyng vp that I layde not doune, and reapyng that I did not sowe?
23 Wherfore then gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my commynge I mighte haue requyred myne owne with vauntage.
24 And he sayed to them that stode by: take from hym that pounde, and geue it hym that hath ten pounde.
25 And they sayde vnto him: Lorde, he hath ten pounde.
26 I saye vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe geuen: and from hym that hath not, euen that he hath shalbe taken from hym.