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Luke 19:11

& While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Luke 19:12

& So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and {then} return.

Luke 19:13

& ~"And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten (A mina is equal to about 100 days' wages) minas and said to them, `Do business {with this} until I come {back.}'

Luke 19:14

& ~"But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, `We do not want this man to reign over us.'

Luke 19:15

& ~"When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.

Luke 19:16

& ~"The first appeared, saying, `Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Luke 19:17

& ~"And he said to him, `Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'

Luke 19:18

& ~"The second came, saying, `Your mina, master, has made five minas.'

Luke 19:19

& ~"And he said to him also, `And you are to be over five cities.'

Luke 19:20

& ~"Another came, saying, `Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

Luke 19:21

& for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.'

Luke 19:22

& ~"He *said to him, `By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

Luke 19:23

& ~`Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?'

Luke 19:24

& ~"Then he said to the bystanders, `Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'