A man entrusted his possessions to his servants before going on a journey. He gave five talents to one servant, two talents to another, and one talent to a third servant. The servants who received five and two talents invested their talents and doubled the amounts. But the servant with one talent buried his talent in the ground out of fear. When the man returned, the first two servants presented their doubled amounts, but the third servant only returned the single talent he had buried. For his laziness, the third servant had his talent taken away and was thrown outside into the darkness.