Luke:19:11-27
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And as they heard these things ,
he spoke ,
adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem ,
and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately .
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He said therefore ,
A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom ,
and to return .
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And having called ten of his bondmen ,
he gave them ten minas and said to them ,
Do business until I come .
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But his citizens hated him ,
and sent an embassy behind him ,
saying ,
We do not want this man to reign over us .
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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 .
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And the first came ,
saying ,
Lord ,
thy mina gained ten minas .
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And he said to him ,
Well ,
thou good bondman .
Because thou became faithful in the least ,
be thou having authority over ten cities .
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And the second came ,
saying ,
Lord ,
thy mina gained five minas .
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And he also said to him ,
And thou become over five cities .
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And another came ,
saying ,
Lord ,
behold thy mina ,
which I had put away in a napkin .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank ,
and having come I would have collected it with interest ?
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And he said to those who stood by ,
Take the mina from him ,
and give it to him who has the ten minas .
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And they said to him ,
Lord ,
he has ten minas .
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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 .
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Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them ,
bring here ,
and kill them before me .