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For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable because he was near to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
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He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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And having called ten of his slaves, he delivered them ten minas and said unto them, Trade until I come.
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But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this
man to reign over us.
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And it came to pass that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these slaves to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much each one had gained by trading.
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Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy mina has gained ten minas.
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And he said unto him, Well done, thou good slave; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou
shalt have authority over ten cities.
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And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina has made five minas.
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And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
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And another came, saying, Lord, behold,
here is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a napkin,