Luke 19:11-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

Parable of Money Usage

¹¹ While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because ^(A)He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that ^(B)the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. ¹² So He said, “^(C)A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. ¹³ And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten ^[a]minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this ^[b]until I come back.’