Luke 19:11-26

The Parable of the Great Banquet  

¹¹While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a
parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the
kingdom of God was going to appear at once. ¹²He said: “A man of noble
birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to
return. ¹³So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ’Put this
money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
¹⁴”But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say,
‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
¹⁵”He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent
for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what
they had gained with it.
¹⁶”The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten
more.’
¹⁷” ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you
have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
¹⁸”The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
¹⁹”His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
²⁰”Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I
have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. ²¹I was afraid of you, because you
are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did
not sow.’
²²”His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you
wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I
did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³Why then didn’t you put
my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it
with interest?’
²⁴”Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from
him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
²⁵” ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
²⁶”He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be
given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken
away.

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