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Luke 19 💬 📚 📜 📕 ↷
12 He said therefore: A certain noble man went into a far country to take to him self a kingdom, and to return.
13 And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Occupy till I come.
14 And his citizens hated him: and they sent a legacy after him, saying: We will not have this man reign over us.
15 And it came to pass after he returned, having received his kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he gave the money; that he might know how much every man had gained by occupying.
16 And the first came, saying: Lord thy pound hath gotten ten pounds.
17 And he said to him: Well fare thee good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
18 And the second came saying: Lord, thy pound hath made five pounds.
19 And he said to him: And be thou over five cities.
20 And an other came, saying: Lord, lo here thy pound, which I have had laid up in a napkin.
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that, thou didst not set down, and thou reapest that, which thou didst not sow.
22 He saith to him: By thine own mouth I judge thee, naughty servant. Thou didst know that I am an austere man, taking up that, I set not down, and reaping that, which I sowed not:
23 and why didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I coming might certes with usury have exacted it?
24 And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds
25 And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.
26 But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given: and from him that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him.
27 But as for those mine enemies that would not have me reign over them, bring them hither; and kill them before me.
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