Luke 19:13-26

¹³ "And he called ten of his slaves , and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until e I come back.' ¹⁴ "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying , 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' ¹⁵ "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 . ¹⁶ "The first appeared , saying , 'Master , 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 little thing , you are to be in authority over ten cities .' ¹⁸ "The second came , saying , 'Your mina , master , has made five minas .' ¹⁹ "And he said to him also , 'And you are to be over five cities .' ²⁰ "Another came , saying , 'Master , here is your mina , which I kept put away in a handkerchief ; ²¹ for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man ; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow .' ²² "He said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave . Did you know that I am an exacting man , taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow ? ²³ 'Then why e did you not put my money in the bank , and having come , I would have collected it with interest ?' ²⁴ "Then he said to the bystanders , 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas .' ²⁵ "And they said to him, 'Master , he has ten minas already.' ²⁶ " I tell you that to everyone who has , more shall be given , but from the one who does not have , even what he does have shall be taken away .