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While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
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So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
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"And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.'
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"But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
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"When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.