Luke 19:11-13

American Standard Version

¹¹ And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear. ¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³ And he called ten ^[a]servants of his, and gave them ten ^[b]pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.