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Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and I at my coming might have earned interest on it?'
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He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
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"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
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'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
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But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"
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When he had thus spoken, he went on ahead, going up to Yerushalayim.
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It happened, when he drew near to Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his talmidim,
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saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
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If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"
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Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
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As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'