The Parable of the Ten Minas

Luke 19

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because _j they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. ¹² _k Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. ¹³ "So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten ₁ minas, ₂ and said to them, 'Do business till I come.' ¹⁴ _l "But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.' ¹⁵ "And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. ¹⁶ "Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.' ¹⁷ "And he said to him, _m 'Well done, good servant; because you were _n faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸ "And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.' ¹⁹ "Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.' ²⁰ "Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. ²¹ _o 'For I feared you, because you are ₃ an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.' ²² "And he said to him, _p 'Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. _q You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ 'Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?' ²⁴ "And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.' ²⁵ ("But they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas.') ²⁶ 'For I say to you, _r that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷ 'But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.' "

1. Cross References
   Acts 1:6
   Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 25:14 - 30
   For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
   Mark 13:34
   It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
   
3. Cross References
   John 1:11
   He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 25:21
   "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
   Matthew 25:23
   "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 16:10
   He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 25:24
   Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Samuel 1:16
   So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'
   Job 15:6
   Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
   Matthew 12:37
   "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 25:26
   But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
   
9. Cross References
   Matthew 13:12
   For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
   Matthew 25:29
   For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
   Mark 4:25
   "For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."
   Luke 8:18
   "Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."