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On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—
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As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.
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“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’
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You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
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The Parable of the Bags of Gold
“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
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To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
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The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
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So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.
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The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
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“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
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“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
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So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
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“‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.
