⁴⁰ And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

²² He said to him, ^(A)‘I will condemn you with your own words, ^(B)you wicked servant! You knew that I was ^(C)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

²⁴ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be ^(A)a hard man, reaping ^(B)where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, ²⁵ so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, ^(C)you have what is yours.’ ²⁶ But his master answered him, ‘You ^(D)wicked and ^(E)slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? ²⁷ Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

⁵ Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, ⁶ and he shall restore the lamb ^(B)fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”

⁷ Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ^(C)‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

⁴¹ They said to him, ^(A)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and ^(B)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(C)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

⁴³ Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God ^(E)will be taken away from you and given to a people ^(F)producing its fruits.