Luke 19:17-35

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 made five minas.’

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

²⁰“Then another came, saying, ‘Master, behold your mina, which I had laid away in a handkerchief.

²¹For I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

²²And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I did not deposit, and reaping what I did not sow.

²³Why then did you not give my money to a bank, and when I came, I would have collected it with interest?’

²⁴“And he said to those standing by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’

²⁵But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’

²⁶‘For I say to you that to everyone who has, more shall be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

²⁷Nevertheless bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”

²⁸And having said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came to pass, as He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the mountain which is called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,

³⁰saying, “Go into the village opposite you, in which when you enter you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has ever sat. Loose him and bring him here.

³¹And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing him?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of him.’ ”

³²So those who were sent departed and found it just as He told them.

³³But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”

³⁴And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”

³⁵Then they brought him to Jesus. And when they threw their own clothes on the colt, they set Jesus on him.