10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
11. Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately.
12. He therefore said, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return.
13. Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days' wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, Buy and sell with these while I go and then return.
14. But his citizens detested him and sent an embassy after him to say, We do not want this man to become ruler over us.
15. When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by buying and selling.
16. The first one came before him, and he said, Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas.