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Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, "Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed;
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so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
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But his master replied, "You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter?
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Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
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So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents.
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For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
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As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
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"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
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All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
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and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
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Then the king will say to those at his right hand, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;