(13) Therefore I will not bury his talent in the earth, but lend it out upon usury or interest, lest he should say to me at that time of his requiring it of me, Thou wicked, slothful servant, why hast thou hid my talent in the darkness, and didst not put it out upon use, and so now I might have received it with usury, gain, and profit? For then he would take it quite away from me, and give it to another, who has gained many talents with his one. Therefore I will sow, let him water it, I leave the care to him. Now observe:

(24) What dost thou suppose the Master of the house will say to thee, when he shall require and demand his talent with which he entrusted thee, thou having buried it in the earth? Will he not say, Thou perverse wicked servant, why didst thou not put my talent out upon use, and then I could have demanded the principal and the interest or profit?

(7) I do it to try whether I may, with the entrusted talent, happily get gain of usury, and not return it to my God and Creator again singly and empty, without improvement, like the lazy servant who had stood idle in the vineyard of the Lord, and would require his wages without having laboured at all.

(63) Jesus said, "There was a rich man who had much money. He said, 'I shall put my money to use so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouse with produce, with the result that I shall lack nothing. Such were his intentions, but that same night he died. Let him who has ears hear."

(14) And he said : Lord, Lord, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go ' For - cf. Gen. xiv. -24. hence childless, and the son of Mas^q, the son of my handmaid, is the Dammasek Eliezer : he will be my heir, and to me thou hast given no seed."