Luke:19:12-27

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* He said therefore , A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom , and to return . * And having called ten of his bondmen , he gave them ten minas and said to them , Do business until I come . * But his citizens hated him , and sent an embassy behind him , saying , We do not want this man to reign over us . * And it came to pass for him to return , having taken the kingdom . And he said for these bondmen to be called to him , to whom he gave the silver , so that he might know what any man gained by trading . * And the first came , saying , Lord , thy mina gained ten minas . * And he said to him , Well , thou good bondman . Because thou became faithful in the least , be thou having authority over ten cities . * And the second came , saying , Lord , thy mina gained five minas . * And he also said to him , And thou become over five cities . * And another came , saying , Lord , behold thy mina , which I had put away in a napkin . * For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man . Thou take up what thou did not lay down , and reap what thou did not sow . * He says to him , Out of thy mouth I will judge thee , thou evil bondman . Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down , and reaping what I did not sow . * Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank , and having come I would have collected it with interest ? * And he said to those who stood by , Take the mina from him , and give it to him who has the ten minas . * And they said to him , Lord , he has ten minas . * For I say to you , that to every man who has , will be given , but from him who has not , even what he has will be taken away from him . * Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them , bring here , and kill them before me .

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