But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
“Oh that there were one amongst 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, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.
Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.