Luke:19:11-27
drb@Luke:19:11 @As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
drb@Luke:19:12 @He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
drb@Luke:19:13 @And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.
drb@Luke:19:14 @But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
drb@Luke:19:15 @And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
drb@Luke:19:16 @And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
drb@Luke:19:17 @And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
drb@Luke:19:18 @And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
drb@Luke:19:19 @And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
drb@Luke:19:20 @And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
drb@Luke:19:21 @For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.
drb@Luke:19:22 @He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:
drb@Luke:19:23 @And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming, I might have exacted it with usury?
drb@Luke:19:24 @And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
drb@Luke:19:25 @And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.
drb@Luke:19:26 @But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.
drb@Luke:19:27 @But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.
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