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and to this one he said, `You be in charge of five towns.'
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"Then another one came and said, `Sir, here is your maneh. I kept it hidden in a piece of cloth,
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because I was afraid of you -- you take out what you didn't put in, and you harvest what you didn't plant.'
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To him the master said, `You wicked servant! I will judge you by your own words! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, taking out what I didn't put in and harvesting what I didn't plant?
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Then why didn't you put my money in the bank? Then, when I returned, I would have gotten it back with interest!'
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To those standing by, he said, `Take the maneh from him and give it to the one with ten manim.'
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They said to him, `Sir, he already has ten manim!'
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But the master answered, `I tell you, everyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away.
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However, as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and execute them in my presence!'"
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After saying this, Yeshua went on and began the ascent to Yerushalayim.
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As he approached Beit-Pagei and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, he sent two talmidim,