16
And the rishon (first) came, saying, With your mina, Adoni, ten minas more were gained.
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Yafeh! Eved tov! Because you have been ne’eman (faithful) in a very small thing, have shlita (authority) over ten towns.[MISHLE 27:18]
18
And the sheni (second) came saying, Your mina, Adoni, made five minas.
19
And the man of noble birth said also to this one, And you have shlita (authority) over five towns.
20
And the other came saying, Adoni, hinei! Your mina which I had put away in a tichel (kerchief).
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For I was fearing you, because you are a big machmir (stickler), you take what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow.
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He says to him, From your own mouth I will judge you, eved rasha (bad servant). You had daas that I am a big machmir (stickler), taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
23
Why then did you not put my kesef on deposit? Then when I came I would have collected ribit (interest).
24
And to the ones having stood nearby he said, Take from him the mina and give it to the one having ten minas.
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And they said to him, Adoneinu, he has ten minas!
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I say to you, that to everyone having, more will be given, but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken away.