But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?
Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter,
so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.