"And the one alsowho had receivedthe onetalentcameup and said,'Master,I knewyou to be a hardman,reapingwhereyou did not sowand gatheringwhereyou scatteredno[seed].
"But he answeredand saidto his father,'Look!For so manyyearsI have been servingyou and I have neverneglecteda commandof yours;and [yet] you have nevergivenme a young goat,sothat I might celebratewith my friends;
"O generation,heedthe wordof the LORD.Have I beena wildernessto Israel,Ora landof thickdarkness?Whydo My peoplesay,We [are free to] roam;We will nolongercometo You'?
On the contrary,whoare you, Oman,who answers backto God?The thing moldedwill not sayto the molder,"Whydid you makeme like this,"will it?
becausethe mind seton the fleshis hostiletowardGod;for it does not subjectitself to the lawof God,for it is not evenable[to do so],
"Whydo you callMe, 'Lord,Lord,'and do not dowhatI say?
saying,'Theselast menhave worked[only] onehour,and you have madethem equalto us whohave bornethe burdenand the scorching heatof the day.'
"Not everyonewho saysto Me, 'Lord,Lord,'will enterthe kingdomof heaven,but he who doesthe willof My Fatherwho is in heaven[will enter].
Whyhave we fastedand You do not see?[Why] have we humbledourselvesand You do not notice?'Behold,on the dayof your fastyou find[your] desire,And drivehardallyour workers.
"When he had begunto settle[them], onewho owedhim ten thousandtalentswas broughtto him.
And I was afraid,and went awayand hidyour talentin the ground.See,you havewhatis yours.'
"But his masteransweredand saidto him, 'You wicked,lazyslave,you knewthat I reapwhereI did not sowand gatherwhereI scatteredno[seed].
"And he calledtenof his slaves,and gavethem tenminasand saidto them, 'Do business[with this] untilI come[back].'
