22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
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“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
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Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’