Luke 19:13

Luke 19:13

The Parable of the Minas

11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because ^athey thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

12 ^aTherefore 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 ten¹ minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

14 ^aBut 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, ^a‘Well done, good servant; because you were ^bfaithful 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 ^aFor I feared you, because you are¹ an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

22 And he said to him, ^a‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. ^bYou 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, ^athat 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.’ ”

The Triumphal Entry

28 When He had said this, ^aHe went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Trade ye herewith till I come (pragmateusasqe en w erxomai). First aorist middle imperative of pragmateuomai, an old verb from pragma, business. Here only in the N.T. Westcott and Hort in their text read pragmateusasqai, first aorist middle infinitive (-ai and -e were pronounced alike). The infinitive makes it indirect discourse, the imperative direct.

While I am coming is what en w erxomai really means.

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