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For the Son of man is come to seekand to save that which was lost.
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And as theyheard these things, he added and spake a parable,becausehewasnigh to Jerusalem,and because theythoughtthat the kingdom of Godshouldimmediatelyappear.
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He saidtherefore,A certainnobleman*wentinto a farcountry to receive for himself a kingdom,and to return.
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And he calledhistenservants, and deliveredthemtenpounds,[a]andsaiduntothem,Occupytill I come.
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Buthiscitizenshatedhim,andsent a messageafterhim,saying, We willnothavethis man to reignoverus.
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And it came to pass, that whenhe was returned, having received the kingdom,then he commandedtheseservants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money,[b]that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
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Thencame the first,saying, Lord,thypound hath gainedtenpounds.
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And he said unto him,Well, thou goodservant:because thou hast beenfaithfulin a very little,have thou authority*overtencities.
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And the secondcame, saying, Lord,thypound hath gainedfivepounds.
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And he saidlikewise to him,Bethoualsooverfivecities.
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Andanothercame, saying, Lord,behold, here is thypound,which I have kept laid upin a napkin:
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pounds: mina, here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half: which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings and sixpence