11. While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12. Therefore he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
13. And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’
14. But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’
15. When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.