Luke 19:9-20

⁹Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the people who are lost.”

¹¹As they heard these things, he continued speaking and told a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.

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

¹³He called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Conduct business until I come back.'

¹⁴But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man rule over us.'

¹⁵It happened when he came back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what profit they had made by doing business.

¹⁶The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'

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,