While I am no fan of the bible, this verse is actually part of a parable called "The Parable of the Ten Minas," and the person saying this is the king in the parable.  However, while it isn't meant to be taken literally, I'm definately no big fan of this parable, because it basically says that those who worship God, and "invest" what he has given, will recieve great reward in heaven, but those who don't will simply perish.  Nice God huh?

More or less.  It does say that heretics deserve death, but that is a bit of a step away from advocating murder.  With that said of course, it still shows a complete and utter contempt for human life.  Also, even though it does not outright say to kill heretics, I could easily see this phrase (and others like this) being used to justify murder.  Indeed, half of the first chapter of Romans is all about how pissed off God is at the "Godless."

It's amazing how mad an "all-loving" God can get.  And of course the obvious question;  If God is all-knowing, then why is he so angry if he knew before-hand that the people that he created were going to screw-up so bad?  Just one of the many un-answerable inconsistencies that drove me to become an atheist.