²⁴ “Now the one who had received the one ^(A)talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed. ²⁵ And I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you still have what is yours.’

²⁶ “But his master answered and said to him, ‘You ^[a]worthless, lazy slave! Did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter seed?