15But the Emperor made him king anyway. Later the new king returned. Then he commanded that the servants to whom he had given the coins should be summoned {that someone should summon the servants to whom he had given the coins}. He wanted to know how much they had gained by doing business with the coins.
16The first man came to him and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned ten more coins!’
17He said to this man, ‘ You are a good servant! You have done very well! Because you have handled faithfully a small amount of money, I will give you authority to rule ten cities.’
18Then the second servant came and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned five more coins!’
19He said to that servant similarly, ‘ Good! I will give you authority to rule five cities.’
20Then another servant came. He said, ‘Sir, here is your coin. I wrapped it in a napkin and put it away, so that nothing would happen to it.
21I did that because I was afraid of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know you are a man who does not do foolish things with your money. You even take from others money that does not really belong to you, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man's field where he did not even do the planting.’
22The king said to that servant, ‘You wicked servant! I will condemn you by the very words MTY that you have just now spoken. ◄You know that I do not do foolish things with my money./Did you not know that I do not do foolish things with my money?► RHQ You said that I even take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man's field where he did not even do the planting.
23So ◄you should at least have given my money to money lenders!/why did you not at least give my money to bankers?► RHQ Then when I returned I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned!’
24Then the king said to those who were standing near, ‘Take the coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten coins!’
25They protested, ‘But Sir, he already has ten coins!’
26But the king said, ‘I tell you this: To the people who use well what they have received, more will be given { I will give more}. But from the people who do not use well what they have received, even what they already have will be taken away { I will take away even what they already have}.
27Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them, bring them here and execute them while I am watching!’”
Luke 19
Luke 19:15-27