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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 25, Verse 26

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25
‹And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,› [there] ‹thou hast› [that is] ‹thine.›
King James Version
‹His lord answered and said unto him,› [Thou] ‹wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:›
American Standard Version
But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;
New English Translation
For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
World English Bible
"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
27
‹Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and› [then] ‹at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.›
28
‹Take therefore the talent from him, and give› [it] ‹unto him which hath ten talents.›
29
‹For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.›
30
‹And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
31
‹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:›
32
‹And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth› [his] ‹sheep from the goats:›
33
‹And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.›
34
‹Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:›
35
‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›
36
‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.›