Luke 19:12-26 Therefore He said, “A certain man of noble birth proceeded to a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Therefore He said, “A certain man of noble birth proceeded to a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. ¹³ And having called ten of his servants, he gave to them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until that I come back.’ ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We are not willing for this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵ And it came to pass, on his returning, having received the kingdom, that he directed these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, in order that he might know what each had gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came up, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has produced ten more minas.’ ¹⁷ And He said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you were faithful in very little, you are to be having authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ ¹⁹ And he said to this one also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ ²⁰ And another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold your mina, which I kept lying away in a handkerchief. ²¹ For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’ ²² He says to him, ‘Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil servant. You knew that I am a harsh man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then did you not give my money to the bank, and I having come, might have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take from him the mina, and give it to the one having the ten minas.’ ²⁵ And they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas!’ ²⁶ ‘I say to you that to everyone having will be given, but from the one not having, even that which he has will be taken away.