Luke 19:13-25

13And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming.

14But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this [man] should reign over us.

15And it came to pass on his arrival back again, having received the kingdom, that he desired these bondmen to whom he gave the money to be called to him, in order that he might know what every one had gained by trading.

16And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.

17And he said to him, Well [done], thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

18And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.

19And he said also to this one, And thou, be over five cities.

20And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

21For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

22He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

23And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

24And he said to those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give [it] to him who has the ten minas.

25And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.