Luke 19:9-20

⁹Then Iesus said to him, This day is saluation come vnto this house, forasmuch as hee is also become the sonne of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

¹¹And whiles they heard these thinges, hee continued and spake a parable, because hee was neere to Hierusalem, and because also they thought that the kingdom of God should shortly appeare.

¹²He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.

¹³And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and sayd vnto them, Occupie till I come.

¹⁴Nowe his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not haue this man to reigne ouer vs.

¹⁵And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

¹⁶Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased ten pieces.

¹⁷And he sayd vnto him, Well, good seruant: because thou hast bene faithfull in a very litle thing, take thou authoritie ouer ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased fiue pieces.

¹⁹And to the same he sayd, Be thou also ruler ouer fiue cities.

²⁰So the other came, and sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin: