But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
For if these things reside in you and abound, they ensure that you will neither be useless nor unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
so that you may not be lazy, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
“Then another came, saying, ‘Master, look, here is your pound, which I have kept put away in a napkin.
Who is there among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of Hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
He who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
So also, he who had received two gained another two.
“After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.