Luke 19:18

The second came, saying, 'Your mina, lord, has made five minas.'

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In The King James Version

And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

In Context

17The nobleman said to him, 'Well done, good servant. Because you were faithful in very little, you will have authority over ten cities.'

19The nobleman said to him, 'You take charge over five cities.'

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Cross References

Matthew 13:23What was sown on the good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands it. He bears fruit and makes a crop, some yielding one hundred times as much as was planted, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”

Mark 4:20Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what 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 →

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