²¹ I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’^(A)

²² “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words,^(B) you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?^{(C) 23} Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’