Luke 19:20

Modern

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

Traditional

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

Literal

And the other came, saying, ‘Master, behold your mina, which I had lying away in a soudario.

Latin

Et alter venit, dicens: Domine, ecce mna tua, quam habui repositam in sudario:

Greek

English

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

This parable has two main purposes:

To teach stewardship. This means managing gifts and resources well while the man of noble birth (Jesus) is away (compare Matthew 25:14–30).
To correct the belief that the kingdom of God would start immediately when Jesus entered Jerusalem. Most Jews in the time of Jesus expected that when the Messiah (the Christ) came, God’s kingdom would be established physically on earth, with Jerusalem at its center (see Isaiah 2:2–4; 35:1–10; 65:17–25; Jeremiah 30–31; Ezekiel 37, 40–48; Micah 4:1–5).

Proverbs 26:13–16
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Luke 19:13
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
Matthew 25:24
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Luke 3:9
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?