Luke 19:17-35

¹⁷The nobleman said to him, 'Well done, good servant. Because you were faithful in very little, you will have authority over ten cities.'

¹⁸The second came, saying, 'Your mina, lord, has made five minas.'

¹⁹The nobleman said to him, 'You take charge over five cities.'

²⁰Another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept safely in a cloth,

²¹for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person. You take up what you did not put in, and you reap what you did not sow.'

²²The nobleman said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am a demanding person, that I take up what I did not put in, and that I reaped what I did not sow.

²³Then why did you not put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I would have collected it with interest?'

²⁴The nobleman said to them that stood by, 'Take away from him the mina, and give it to him that has the ten minas.'

²⁵They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas.'

²⁶'I say to you, that everyone who has will be given more, but from him that has not, even that which he has will be taken away.

²⁷But these enemies of mine, those who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and kill them before me.'”

²⁸When he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹It came about that when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the hill that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

³⁰saying, “Go into the next village. As you enter, you will find a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it to me.

³¹If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say, 'The Lord has need of it.'”

³²Those who were sent went and found the colt just as Jesus had told them.

³³As they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴They said, “The Lord has need of it.”

³⁵They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their cloaks upon the colt and set Jesus on it.