17. And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant!Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
18. And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’
19. And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
20. Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;
21. for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
22. He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
23. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and 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 the one who has the ten minas.’
25. And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’
26. ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
27. But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’”
28. And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
29. When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
30. saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
31. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
32. So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.
33. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34. And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”