Luke 19:11-27 - The Parable Of The Ten Minas

¹¹ And as they heard these things, he spoke, adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³ And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.

¹⁵ And it came to pass for him to return, having taken the kingdom. And he said for these bondmen to be called to him, to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what any man gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained ten minas.

¹⁷ And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.

¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained five minas.

¹⁹ And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities.

²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy mina, which I had put away in a napkin. ²¹ For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.

²² He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank, and having come I would have collected it with interest? ²⁴ And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.

²⁵ And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

²⁶ For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷ Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.