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"Then the one who received two thousand dollars came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you are a hard person to please. You harvest where you haven't planted and gather where you haven't scattered any seeds.
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I was afraid. So I hid your two thousand dollars in the ground. Here's your money!'
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"His master responded, 'You evil and lazy servant! If you knew that I harvest where I haven't planted and gather where I haven't scattered,
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then you should have invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would have received my money back with interest.
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Take the two thousand dollars away from him! Give it to the one who has the ten thousand!
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To all who have, more will be given, and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken away from those who don't have much.
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Throw this useless servant outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.'
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"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
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The people of every nation will be gathered in front of him. He will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.
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"Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.