So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, Do business till I come.

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

But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets!

The sluggard hides his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be 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.