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The Parable of the Ten Minas

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"The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'

"'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'"His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.’ [Luke 19:16~19]

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A man of noble birth lived in a place.

He had a lot of property and ten slaves.

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One day, he heard the news that he was appointed king.

However, he would have to go to a distant country for some time.

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Before his leaving, he called ten of his servants,

"I will go to a distant country to become king.

So I will give you an even share today."

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And he gave each one a mina. A mina was a lot of money.

"Put this money to work until I come back."

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After his leaving, the servants who hated him, sent a delegation after him

to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'

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But in spite of their opposition, the nobleman had come back as the appointed king.

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The nobleman sent for the ten servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. And he asked the first servant, "What have you done with the mina that I gave you?"

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The first one gladly came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.

Here are the ten minas."

This servant had worked very hard so that he earned ten times, more.

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The king was so glad and told him, "Well done, my good servant. Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities." The first servant became a ruler of ten cities.

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The second one came and said, "Sir, your mina has earned five more."

The second one also worked hard that he earned five times more according to the king's order.

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The king/master said to the second one, "Well done, my good servant. Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of five cities." The second servant became a ruler over five cities.

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The third one came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'

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His master replied, "Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?

Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

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He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. The third one's mina was taken away.

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But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"

So they were killed.

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Jesus told his own story. Jesus died on the cross for us and rose again and went to heaven. That is the same as the master who went to a distant country.

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Jesus will come back soon on the earth as the king of judgment.

Then all that the people have done for Jesus while living on the earth will be judged by Jesus.Jesus will give a big prize to the people who have lived as God's word says like the first and the second servants had done. Jesus will punish the people who have not done as God's words like the servant with the one mina and the people who opposed for the master to be the king.

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Therefore, while we are waiting for the second coming of Jesus, we should practice following all of God's words.

Also, we should bear lots of fruit for God like the servants who earned five to ten more minas.