But he that received the one went away and digged {\i in the} earth, and hid his lord's money.
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.\par
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, {\i here is} thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle {\i fire on} mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
He also that is slack in his work\par\tab Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
In like manner he that {\i received} the two gained other two.
Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.