Luke 19:17-26 Whereupon he said to him, Well done, good servant! because thou hast been faithful in a very small trust, be thou the governor of ten cities.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Whereupon he said to him, Well done, good servant! because thou hast been faithful in a very small trust, be thou the governor of ten cities. ¹⁸ Then the second came and said, My lord, that pound of thine hath gained five pounds. ¹⁹ Whereupon he said to him, Be thou also governor of five cities. ²⁰ Then another came and said, My lord, here is that pound of thine, which I have kept laid up in a napkin. ²¹ For I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man. Thou takest up what thou laidst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. ²² Whereupon he Saith to him, Out of thine own mouth I will condemn thee, thou malignant slave. Thou knowest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow! ²³ Why then didst thou not put my money in the bank, that at my return I might have received it with interest? ²⁴ Then he said to his attendants, Take the pound from him, and give it to him who hath the ten pounds, ²⁵ [and upon their saying to him, My lord he hath ten pounds] ²⁶ for I tell you, said he, that to every one who improveth more shall be given; but from him who improveth not, even what he hath shall be taken away.