Luke 19:11–15 · BSB
19:11
While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
19:12
So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
19:13
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
19:15
When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
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