“ But the third servant brought back only the original amount of money and said,‘ Master, I hid your money and kept it safe.

又有一个来说：‘主啊，看哪，你的一锭银子在这里，我把它包在手巾里存着。

又有一个来说：‘主啊！看哪，你的一锭银子在这里，我把它包在手巾里存着。

又有一个来说：‘主啊！看哪，你的一锭银子在这里，我把它包在手巾里存着。

“另一个奴仆上前说，‘主啊，这是你先前给我的一千个银币，我一直把它包在手帕里。

另一个来说：‘主啊，你看，你的一百银币，我一直保存在手巾里，

“另一个上前来说：‘主啊，请看，你的那一百银币，我一直保存在手巾里。

又有一個來說：『主啊，看哪，你的一錠銀子在這裏，我把它包在手巾裏存着。

又有一個來說：『主啊！看哪，你的一錠銀子在這裏，我把它包在手巾裏存着。

又有一個來說：『主啊！看哪，你的一錠銀子在這裏，我把它包在手巾裏存着。

「另一個奴僕上前說，『主啊，這是你先前給我的一千個銀幣，我一直把它包在手帕裡。

另一個來說：‘主啊，你看，你的一百銀幣，我一直保存在手巾裡，

那另一個來說：「主啊你看，我所領的你那「百日工錢」幣，在手巾裏保存着呢。

「另一個上前來說：『主啊，請看，你的那一百銀幣，我一直保存在手巾裡。

又其次至、曰、主之一斤在此、我藏之於巾、

又其次至曰、主之十金在此、藏之巾中、

又其次至曰、主人一彌拿在此、我以巾包而藏之、

又次至曰：「主之金、依然在此、予受之即藏諸帕中。

“ Then another servant came and said,‘ Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.

“ Then another slave came. He said,‘ Sir, here is your money. I have kept it hidden in a piece of cloth.

Then another came, saying,‘ Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

“ And another came and said,‘ Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth

And then another came, saying,‘ Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief;

“ Then another came, saying,‘ Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

“ And another came and said,‘ Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

And another came, saying, Lord, behold,[ here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Then another slave came and said,‘ Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

Another came, saying,‘ Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

“ So why do you keep calling me‘ Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?

Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying,‘ Invest this for me while I am gone.’

Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.”

“ Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said,‘ Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate.

The lazy person claims,“ There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.