Luke:19:11-27

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* But as they were listening to these things , he added and spake a parable , because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested . * He said therefore , A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return . * And having called his own ten bondmen , he gave to them ten minas , and said to them , Trade while I am coming . * But his citizens hated him , and sent an embassy after him , saying , We will not that this [man ] should reign over us . * And it came to pass on his arrival back again , having received the kingdom , that he desired these bondmen to whom he gave the money to be called to him , in order that he might know what every one had gained by trading . * And the first came up , saying , [My ] Lord , thy mina has produced ten minas . * And he said to him , Well [done ], thou good bondman ; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least , be thou in authority over ten cities . * And the second came , saying , [My ] Lord , thy mina has made five minas . * And he said also to this one , And thou , be over five cities . * And another came , saying , [My ] Lord , lo , [there is ] thy mina , which I have kept laid up in a towel . * For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man : thou takest up what thou hast not laid down , and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed . * He says to him , Out of thy mouth will I judge thee , wicked bondman : thou knewest that I am a harsh man , taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed . * And why didst thou not give my money to [the ] bank ; and I should have received it , at my coming , with interest ? * And he said to those that stood by , Take from him the mina and give [it ] to him who has the ten minas . * And they said to him , Lord , he has ten minas . * For I say unto you , that to every one that has shall be given ; but from him that has not , that even which he has shall be taken from him . * Moreover those mine enemies , who would not [have ] me to reign over them , bring them here and slay [them ] before me .

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