13 And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas[a] and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’[b] 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’ 15 And it happened that when he returned after[c] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:13 A Greek monetary unit equal to 100 drachmas
  2. Luke 19:13 Literally “in which time I am coming back”
  3. Luke 19:15 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“receiving”) which is understood as temporal