15It happened, when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
16The first came before him, saying, `Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.`
17He said to him, `Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.`
18The second came, saying, `Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.`
19He said to him also, `You also are to be over five cities.`
20Another came, saying, `Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
21for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which didn`t lay down, and reap that which you didn`t sow.`
