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Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered;
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therefore, I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast what is thine.
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His lord answered and said unto him,
Thou wicked and slothful slave, thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not scattered;
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therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.
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Take, therefore, the talent from him and give
it unto him who has ten talents.
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For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.
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And cast ye the unprofitable slave into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,
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and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides
his sheep from the goats,
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and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;