Luke:19:12-27

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* Therefore He said : "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return . * So he called ten of his servants , delivered to them ten minas , and said to them , "Do business till I come .' * But his citizens hated him , and sent a delegation after him , saying , "We will not have this man to reign over us .' * "And so it was that when he returned , having received the kingdom , he then commanded these servants , to whom he had given the money , to be called to him , that he might know how much every man had gained by trading . * Then came the first , saying , "Master , your mina has earned ten minas .' * And he said to him , "Well done , good servant ; because you were faithful in a very little , have authority over ten cities .' * And the second came , saying , "Master , your mina has earned five minas .' * Likewise he said to him , "You also be over five cities .' * "Then another came , saying , "Master , here is your mina , which I have kept put away in a handkerchief . * For I feared you , because you are an austere man . You collect what you did not deposit , and reap what you did not sow .' * And he said to him , "Out of your own mouth I will judge you , you wicked servant . You knew that I was an austere man , collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow . * Why then did you not put my money in the bank , that at my coming I might 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 ten minas .' * (But they said to him , "Master , he has ten minas .') * "For I say to you , that to everyone who has will be given ; and from him who does not have , even what he has will be taken away from him . * But bring here those enemies of mine , who did not want me to reign over them , and slay them before me ."'

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