His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?
His master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road.
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter;
so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’
Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?