Luke 19:12-19

12So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.

13So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’

14But his citizens [the residents of his new kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be a king over us.’

15When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these servants, to whom he had given the money, be called to him, that he might find out what business they had done.

16The first one came before him and said, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you proved yourself faithful and trustworthy in a very little thing, you shall [now] have authority over ten cities [in my kingdom].’

18The second one came and said, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’

19And he said to him also, ‘And you shall take charge over five cities.’