Luke 19:12-27
12So He said, “ aA nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return. 13 And he called ten of his own slaves and gave them ten ▼▼A mina was equal to about 100 days’ wages for a laborer
minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money ▼▼Lit while I am coming
until I come back.’ 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15 When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be summoned to him so that he would learn how much they had made by the business they had done. 16 The first slave appeared, saying, ‘ ▼▼Or Lord
Master, your ▼▼See note 1 v 13
mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been ffaithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’ 18 The second one came, saying, ‘Your ▼▼See note 1 v 13
mina, ▼▼Lit lord
master, has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 And then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He *said to him, ‘ ▼▼Lit Out of your mouth
From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back, I would have collected it with interest?’ 24 And then he said to the other slaves who were present, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas.’ 26 ‘ jI tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. 27 But as for kthese enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and lslaughter them in my presence.’”
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