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Luke 19

Luke 19:21

The Parable of the Ten Minas · Luke 19:11–27
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Translations

Modern
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
Traditional
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Literal
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.’
Latin
…timui enim te, quia homo austerus es: tollis quod non posuisti, et metis quod non seminasti.

Original

Greek
English
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

Notes

Luke 19:11–27

This parable has two main purposes:

  1. To teach stewardship. This means managing gifts and resources well while the man of noble birth (Jesus) is away (compare Matthew 25:14–30).

  2. 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).

Events

Parallels

Matthew 25:14–30

Glossary

Banker, Banking Debt Luke, Gospel of Riches

Topics

Civil Service: Appointment In, on Account of Merit Faithfulness: Exhortation To Idleness: General Scriptures Concerning Jesus, the Christ: Enunciates the Parable of the Pounds (In Jericho) Jesus, the Christ: Parable of The Pounds Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Judgment: The General Kingdom of Heaven: To a Man, Traveling Into a Far Country, Who Called his Servants Opportunity: The Measure of Responsibility Parables: Parables of Christ: Pounds Pound in Luke the Greek Word |Mina| is Translated |Pound| and Worth Approximately One-Hundred Denarii Probation: Taught in Parables of the Talents and Pounds Responsibility: According to Privilege Self-Condemnation: General Scriptures Concerning Servant: Wicked and Unfaithful in the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Pounds Steward of the Pounds Trustee: The Parable of the Pounds Unfaithfulness: General Scriptures Concerning Works: Good: The Pounds