Luke 19:11-13

Modern English Version

The Parable of the Ten Pounds^(A)

¹¹ As they heard these things, He continued and told them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear. ¹² Therefore He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom and to return. ¹³ So he called his ten servants and entrusted to them ten pounds^[a] and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’