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"And the one also who had received the one1talentcame up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hardman, reapingwhere you did not sow and gatheringwhere you scatteredno seed.
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'And I was afraid, and wentaway and hid your talent in the ground. See, you havewhat is yours.'
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"But his masteranswered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazyslave, you knew that I reapwhere I did not sow and gatherwhere I scatteredno seed.
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'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
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'Thereforetakeaway the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the tentalents.'