Luke:19:11-27
nsb@Luke:19:11 @ They were close to Jerusalem. They assumed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. Jesus responded to their assumption with an illustration.
nsb@Luke:19:12 @ He said: »A nobleman traveled to a country far away to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
nsb@Luke:19:13 @ »He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, and said do business with this until I return.
nsb@Luke:19:14 @ »His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule us.
nsb@Luke:19:15 @ »He received the kingdom and went back to check on his servants. He wanted to know what they had gained by trading with the money he gave them.
nsb@Luke:19:16 @ »The first reported: Your pound has made ten pounds more.
nsb@Luke:19:17 @ »He said: Well done, you good servant. You were faithful in very little. Now you shall have authority over ten cities.
nsb@Luke:19:18 @ »The second said: Your pound, Lord, has made five pounds.
nsb@Luke:19:19 @ »He replied: You should be over five cities.
nsb@Luke:19:20 @ »Another reported: Lord, here is your pound. I kept it stored in a napkin.
nsb@Luke:19:21 @ »I feared you because you are an austere man. You take up what you do not lay down and you reap that which you did not sow.
nsb@Luke:19:22 @ »He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.
nsb@Luke:19:23 @ »Why did you not put my money in the bank? That way I could collect interest when I returned.
nsb@Luke:19:24 @ »The nobleman said: Take away the pound he was given and give it to him that has the ten pounds.
nsb@Luke:19:25 @ »They said: Lord he has ten pounds!
nsb@Luke:19:26 @ »I say to you, that every one who has more shall be given. The man who does not have what little he has shall be taken away from him.
nsb@Luke:19:27 @ »Bring my enemies that do not want me to rule over them and kill them in front of me.«
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