Luke:19:11-27
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As they heard these things ,
he went on to tell a parable ,
because he was near to Jerusalem ,
and because they thought that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately .
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Therefore he said : »
A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return .
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So he called ten of his servants ,
gave them ten minas ,
and said to them ,
Do business till I come .
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But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him ,
saying ,
We do not want this man to reign over us .
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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 what they had gained by trading .
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Then came the first ,
saying ,
Master ,
your mina has earned ten minas more .
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And he said to him ,
Well done ,
good servant !
Because you have been faithful in a very little ,
be in authority over ten cities .
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And the second came ,
saying ,
Master ,
your mina has earned five minas .
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Likewise he said to him ,
You also be over five cities .
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Then another came ,
saying ,
Master ,
here is your mina ,
which I have kept laid away in a handkerchief ;
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for I was afraid of you ,
because you are a hard man .
You take up what you did not lay down ,
and reap what you did not sow .
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He said to him ,
I will judge you out of your own mouth ,
you wicked servant !
You knew that I was a hard man ,
taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow ?
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Why then did you not put my money in the bank ,
that at my coming I might 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 ten minas .
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And they said to him ,
Master ,
he has ten minas already !
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I tell you ,
that to every one who has will more be given ;
but from him who has not ,
even what he has will be taken away .
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But those enemies of mine ,
who did not want me to reign over them ,
bring them here and slay them before me .«
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