And having called ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'

And even now the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and is thrown into the fire."

"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do [the] things which I say?

A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the road, and [there are] murderers in the streets.

A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

"Then the [one] having received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.