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 **28.** I think this part is interesting because it illustrates that there is a third party here at work.  I think that maybe this says something about the character of the master, since if the wicked remain in his sight, it would be painful and terrible for them.  Therefore, someone, some other servant acts as an intermediary (that is, there is someone who has power to distribute and collect talents in the name of the master).
-**29.** This is a celestial law.  I don't know what it means, though.  [See also Matthew 13:10-13, where the Lord is actually talking about parables.  It seems to me that perhaps it means that people who are going in a specific direction will reap their rewards for that dedication.  That is, those that have, and move forward, will have more, while those who have not, and persist in not looking, will have the little they have taken from them.  For example they have the ability to hear, but do not listen.  That ability will also diminish over time if it is continued to not be used -- apathy.]
+**29.** This is a celestial law.  I don't know what it means, though.  [See also Matthew 13:10-13, where the Lord is actually talking about parables.  It seems to me that perhaps it means that people who are going in a specific direction will reap their rewards for that dedication.  That is, those that have, and move forward, will have more, while those who have not, and persist in not looking, will have the little they have taken from them.  For example they have the ability to hear, but do not listen.  That ability will also diminish over time if it is continued to not be used -- apathy will set in.  Alma 12:11.  It seems like Alma 12:9 is the conditions of that law -- something I would normally read as a method of teaching, but it is more than that.  Read Alma 12:10 for more context.]
+**30.** Finally, the reward for the unprofitable servant is to be cast out (again, by a third party), again indicating that he was under covenant, and broke the law.