Luke 19:18
The second came and said, ‘Master, yoʋr mina has made five minas.’
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
In Context
19The king said to him, ‘Yoʋ are to be over five cities.’
Cross References
Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who bears fruit and produces a hundred, sixty, or thirty times more than what was sown.”
Mark 4:20But others are like the seed sown on the good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and bear thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more fruit than was sown.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →