Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,'
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: