Luke 19:11-27

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

12 Therefore he said, "A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13 And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business {until I come back}.'

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

15 And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

16 So the first arrived, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more!'

17 And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

18 And the second came, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'

19 So he said to this one also, 'And you be over five cities.'

20 And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

22 He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

23 And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, [when I] returned, would have collected it with interest?'

24 And to the bystanders he said, 'Take away from him the mina and give [it] to the one who has the ten minas!'

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

26 'I tell you that to everyone who has, [more] will be given. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

27 But these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring [them] here and slaughter them [in] my presence!'"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were listening to")
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went on") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. A Greek monetary unit equal to 100 drachmas
• [d]. Literally "in which [time] I am coming back"
• [e]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("receiving") which is understood as temporal
• [f]. Literally "be having authority"
• [g]. Literally "from your [own] mouth"
• [h]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("returned") which is understood as temporal
• [i]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [j]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation