Luke 19:12-27

Great^{(i) 12} He sayde therfore: a certayne noble man went into a farre countre, to receaue hym a kyngdome, and to come agayne. ¹³ And he called hys ten seruauntes, and delyuered them ten pounde, sayinge vnto them: Occupye, tyll I come. ¹⁴ But hys cytesens hated hym, & sent a message after him, sayinge: we will not haue thys man to raygne ouer vs. ¹⁵ And it came to passe, that when he had receaued his kingdome, he returned, & commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto hym (to whom he had geuen the money) to wete how moch euery man had done. ¹⁶ Then came the fyrst, saying: Lorde, thy pounde hath gayned ten pounde. ¹⁷ And he sayd vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt: because thou hast bene faythfull in a very lytell thynge, haue thou auctoryte ouer ten cyties. ¹⁸ And another came, sayinge: Lorde, thy pounde hath made fyue pounde. ¹⁹ And to the same he sayde: be thou also ruler ouer fyue cyties. ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lorde, beholde here is thy pounde, whych I haue kepte in a napkyn: ²¹ for I feared the, because thou art a strayte man: thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, and reapest that thou dyddest not sowe. ²² He sayeth vnto hym: Of thyne awne mouth, wyll I iugde the, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a strayte man, takynge vp that I layde not downe, & reapynge that I dyd not sowe? ²³ And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commynge I myght haue required myne awne wyth vauntage? ²⁴ And he sayd vnto them that stode by, take from hym that pounde, and geue it hym that hath ten pounde. ²⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde, he hath ten pounde. ²⁶ For I saye vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen & from him that hath not shalbe taken awaye, euen that whych he hath. ²⁷ Moreouer, those myne enemyes, (whych wolde not that I shuld raygne ouer them) brynge hyther, and slee them before me.