Luke 19:12-19

12Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

14But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

15“And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’

17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

18And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’

19Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’