Luke 19:11–21 · 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.
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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.
19:16
The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
19:17
His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
19:18
The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
19:19
And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
19:20
Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
19:21
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
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