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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,
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for I feared thee because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou didst not lay down and dost reap that which thou didst not sow.
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Then he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee,
thou wicked slave. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
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why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest?
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And he said unto those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give
it to him that has the ten minas.