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10 You see, the son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The king, the servants and the money

11 While people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable. They were, after all, getting close to Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at any moment.

12 “There was once a nobleman,” he said, “who went into a country far away to be given royal authority and then return.

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10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(A)

The Parable of the Ten Minas(B)

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God(C) was going to appear at once.(D) 12 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

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