Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things {\i done} in the body, according to what he hath done, whether {\i it be} good or bad.\par
Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
Be not many {\i of you} teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
But he that received the one went away and digged {\i in the} earth, and hid his lord's money.
Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,