20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in (A)a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are (B)a severe man. You take (C)what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, (D)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (E)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (F)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

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