First of all see the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ:
MATTHEW
25
CHAPTER XXV.
The parable of the ten virgins, and of the talents:
the description of the last judgment.
1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who, taking their
lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.
2
Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3
But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, took no oil with them:
4
But the wise took oil in their vessels, with the lamps.
5
And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6
And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth
to meet him.
7
Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
8
And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone
out.
9
The wise answered, saying: Lest there be not enough for us and for you, go you
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10
Now while they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they who were ready, went
in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
11
But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
12
But he answering said: Amen, I say to you, I know you not.
13
*Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour.
14
*For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered
to them his goods;
15
And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to
every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.
16
And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the
same, and gained other five.
17
And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two.
18
But he that had received the one, going his way, digged in the earth, and hid
his lord's money.
19
But after a long time, the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
20
And he that had received the five talents, coming, brought other five talents,
saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold I have gained other
five over and above.
21
His lord said to him: Well done, thou good and faithful servant: because thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy lord.
22
And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou
deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two.
23 His
lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into
the joy of thy lord.
24
But he that had received the one talent, came, and said: Lord, I know that thou
art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou
hast not strewed:
25
And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast
that which is thine.
26
And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest
that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed.
27
Thou oughtest, therefore, to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my
coming I should have received my own with usury.
28
Take ye away, therefore, the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten
talents.
29
*For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him
that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away.
30
And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31
And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the Angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty:
32
And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate
them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34
Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye
blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world.
35
*For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to
drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
36
Naked, and you clothed me: *sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you
came to me.
37
Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and
fed thee: thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38
And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in: or naked, and clothed
thee?
39
Or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee?
40
And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen, I say to you: as long as you
did it to one of these, my least brethren, you did it to me.
41
Then shall he say to them also, that shall be on his left hand: *Depart from
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his
angels.
42
For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me
not to drink:
43
I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick,
and in prison, and you did not visit me.
44
Then shall they also answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry or
thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
to thee?
45
Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen, I say to you: as long as you did it
not to one of these least ones, neither did you do it to me.
46
*And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life
everlasting.
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13: A.D. 33.; Mark xiii. 33.
14: Luke xix. 12.
29: Supra xiii. 12.; Mark iv. 25.; Luke viii. 18.
and xix. 26.
35: Isai. viii. 7.; Ezec. xviii. 7. and 16.
36: Eccli. vii. 39.
41: Psal. vi. 9.; Supra vii. 23.; Luke xiii. 27.
46:
Dan. xii. 2.; John v. 29.
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The Key to not falling into literal usury is not legalistic hairsplitting, but the simple application of the saying, "a fair days wage for a fair days labor." That simple. Railing hairsplitting, send your"alms" here and here, but be paranoid about usury and make sure you tithe and the rest of the False Prophet's and the false prophets that support the Vatican False Prophet's nonsense about money is a trap to the Mark of the Beast, do not go into them. Matthew 24:26
If therefore, they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert: go ye not out:
Behold he is in the closets, believe it not. A prime example is the Huckster Hoffman and his newest get it right here for your "alms" to him, his newest collection of nonsense about his pretended teachings about usury.
Another most emphatic understanding of proper knowledge concerning money from Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's Gospel is three teachings from the early Church:
1) Anyone who charges money for the Gospel or for prophecy or teaching about prophecy is a false prophet, Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8
2) "Let your gift sweat in your hand until you know to whom you should give it." Do not give to the false prophets just mentioned nor to liars against the Gospel, but to those who are in real need - the poor, themselves - and do this only in the name of Jesus Christ and bless them humbly at the same time in Jesus Christ Our Only Lord and Saviour.
Traditional Catholic Prayers: The Didache or Teaching of the Apostles
The Didache or Teaching of the Apostles1:1 There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two ways.
1:2 The way of life is this.
1:3 First of all, thou shalt love the God that made thee;
1:4 secondly, thy neighbour as thyself.
1:23 Let thine alms sweat into thine hands, until thou shalt have learnt to whom to give.
3) What St. Paul tells us in 1Timothy 6th chapter is that the Mark of the Gnostics, total heretics and liars against God, is their "love of money."
Vatican II and Christian Zionism are both GNOSTICISM.
The Vatican Bank is the absolute and complete worst example of violating every law of God in the Bible. The Vatican Bank is directly connected to the Mark of the Beast. Don't go near them.
The Old Testament teachings are purposefully narrow in order to address one people. They are not the New Testament teaching. Follow the New Testament teaching.
“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor,
you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest
from him.
Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He
shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his
blood shall be upon himself.
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and
profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten,
declares the Lord God.
“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother,
interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for
interest.
Does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his
hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man,
You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him
your food for profit.
Withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or
profit, obeys my rules, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's
iniquity; he shall surely live.
“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother,
interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for
interest. You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your
brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that
you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting
nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the
Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers
it for him who is generous to the poor.
Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and
contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of
them curse me.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave
of the lender.
Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that
your brother may live beside you.
“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself
with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner,
and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your
God, that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money
at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
Who does not put out his money at interest and does not take
a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Now there arose a
great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many.
So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” There were also those who
said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain
because of the famine.” And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money
for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the
flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing
our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already
been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our
fields and our vineyards.” ...
And all who believed
were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their
possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had
need.
Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers,
and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has
spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against
me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel
For what does it
profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
A Psalm of David. O Lord, who shall sojourn in your
tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what
is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear
the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put
out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He
who does these things shall never be moved.
To the choirmaster:
according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have
you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my
groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I
find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel
Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their
wives against their Jewish brothers. For there were those who said, “With our
sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and
keep alive.” There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our
vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” And there were
those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and
our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are
as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves,
and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our
power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.” ...
“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in
any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving
you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor
brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his
need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your
heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your
eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry
to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to
him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because
for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all
that you undertake. For there will never cease to be poor in the land.
Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the
needy and to the poor, in your land.’
The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
“Speak to the people of Israel
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who
took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish,
and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil
with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom
was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers
who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob
the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that
they may make the fatherless their prey! What will you do on the day of
punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for
help, and where will you leave your wealth? Nothing remains but to crouch among
the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned
away, and his hand is stretched out still. Ah, Assyria ,
the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury! ...
Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my
coming I might have collected it with interest?’
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,
to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into
the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a
colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you,
you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” This took
place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, “Say to the daughter
of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’” ...
Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother's certificate
of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom
I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your
transgressions your mother was sent away.
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from: http://www.tentmaker.org/lists/UsuryScriptureList.html
Scripture References to Usury, Interest
(All references are from the New King James Bible)
25 " If you lend money to any of My people who are poor
among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him
interest.
26 "If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
27 "For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. (Exodus 22:25-27)
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26 "If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
27 "For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. (Exodus 22:25-27)
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35 ' If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into
poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner,
that he may live with you.
36 'Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
37 'You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. (Leviticus 25:35-37)
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36 'Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
37 'You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. (Leviticus 25:35-37)
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19 " You shall not charge interest to your brother --
interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
20 "To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess. (Deuteronomy 23:19,20)
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20 "To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess. (Deuteronomy 23:19,20)
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10 "I also, with my brethren and my servants, am
lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!
11 "Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them." (Nehemiah 5:10,11)
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11 "Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them." (Nehemiah 5:10,11)
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5 He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he
take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be
moved. (Psalm 15:5)
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8 One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion
Gathers it for him who will pity the poor. (Proverbs 28:8)
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24:1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it
waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2 And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the LORD has spoken this word. (Isaiah 24:1-3)
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2 And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the LORD has spoken this word. (Isaiah 24:1-3)
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10 Woe is me, my mother, That you have borne me, A man of
strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for
interest, Nor have men lent to me for interest. Every one of them curses me.
(Jeremiah 15:10)
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7 If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the
debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to
the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
8 If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;
9 If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully -- He is just; He shall surely live!" Says the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 18:7-9)
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8 If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;
9 If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully -- He is just; He shall surely live!" Says the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 18:7-9)
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13 If he has exacted usury Or taken increase -- Shall he
then live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, He
shall surely die; His blood shall be upon him. (Ezekiel 18:13)
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17 Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor And not received
usury or increase, But has executed My judgments And walked in My statutes --
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; He shall surely live! (Ezekiel
18:17)
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12 "In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take
usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and
have forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 22:12)
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14 " For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 "Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 "And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.
19 "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.'
21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
22 "He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.'
26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27 'So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. (Matthew 25:14-29)
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14 " For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 "Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 "And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.
19 "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.'
21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
22 "He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.'
26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27 'So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. (Matthew 25:14-29)
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11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable,
because He was near Jerusalem and because they
thought the kingdom
of God
12 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
13 "So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'
14 "But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'
15 "And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
16 "Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.'
17 "And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'
18 "And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.'
19 "Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'
20 "Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.
21 'For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'
22 "And he said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
23 'Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that 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 him who has ten minas.'
25 ("But they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas.')
26 'For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. (Luke 19:11-26)
12 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
13 "So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'
14 "But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'
15 "And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
16 "Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.'
17 "And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'
18 "And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.'
19 "Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'
20 "Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.
21 'For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'
22 "And he said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
23 'Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that 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 him who has ten minas.'
25 ("But they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas.')
26 'For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. (Luke 19:11-26)
