Luke 19:20

Another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept safely in a cloth,

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And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

In Context

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

21for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person. You take up what you did not put in, and you reap what you did not sow.'

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:13The lazy person says, “There is a lion on the road! 1 There is a lion between the open places!” 1

Luke 3:9Even now the ax is set against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.”

Luke 19:13He called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Conduct business until I come back.'

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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