10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
11. As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
12. He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13. He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
14. But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
15. “When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
16. The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’
17. “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’