Luke 19:16
New International Version
“The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’

New Living Translation
The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount!’

English Standard Version
The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’

Berean Standard Bible
The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

Berean Literal Bible
And the first came up, saying, 'Lord, your mina has produced ten more minas.'

King James Bible
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

New King James Version
Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’

New American Standard Bible
The first slave appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’

NASB 1995
“The first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’

NASB 1977
“And the first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’

Legacy Standard Bible
So the first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’

Amplified Bible
The first one came before him and said, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

Christian Standard Bible
The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The first came forward and said, Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

American Standard Version
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The first came and he said, “My Lord, your mina has gained ten minas.”

Contemporary English Version
The first servant came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me I have earned ten times as much."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

English Revised Version
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The first servant said, 'Sir, the coin you gave me has earned ten times as much.'

Good News Translation
The first one came and said, 'Sir, I have earned ten gold coins with the one you gave me.'

International Standard Version
The first servant came and said, 'Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

Literal Standard Version
And the first came near, saying, Lord, your mina gained ten minas;

Majority Standard Bible
The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

New American Bible
The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’

NET Bible
So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

New Revised Standard Version
The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’

New Heart English Bible
The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Weymouth New Testament
"So the first came and said, "'Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

World English Bible
The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

Young's Literal Translation
'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

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Context
The Parable of the Ten Minas
15When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned. 16 The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’ 17His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’…

Cross References
Luke 19:13
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Conduct business with this until I return,' he said.

Luke 19:15
When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

Luke 19:17
His master replied, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.'


Treasury of Scripture

Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.

Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:14-16
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee…

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Colossians 1:28,29
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: …

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Luke 19
1. Of Zacchaeus a tax collector.
11. The ten minas.
28. Jesus rides into Jerusalem with triumph;
41. weeps over it;
45. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
47. Teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but fear the people.














(16) Thy pound hath gained ten pounds.--The increase is on a larger scale than in the parable in Matthew 25. There each of the faithful servants gains as much again as he had received. Here the gain is tenfold (1,000 per cent.). Adopting the view which has been taken of the distinctive ideas of the two parables, it may be said that what is suggested is the almost boundless opening for good acquired by the simple acceptance of the truth, apart from the opportunities offered by special gifts and functions. So interpreted, the several grades of increase correspond to the thirty, sixty, and hundredfold in the parable of the Sower. (See Note on Matthew 13:23.)

Verse 16. - Thy pound. At first the smallness of the sum given to each of the servants is striking. Was it not a sum unworthy of a noble about to receive a kingdom? The Attic pound was in value somewhat less than £4 sterling. In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), where although very different lessons are inculcated, yet the imagery is somewhat similar, the amounts, however, are vastly larger, varying from five talents, which would represent about £1000. Here the very smallness of the sum entrusted to the servants has its deep meaning. The "nobly born" one who is about to receive a kingdom, represents our Lord, who here is in a state of the deepest poverty and humiliation. The little sum In one sense represents the work he was able then to entrust to his own. Again, the paltriness of the sum given them seems to suggest what a future lay before them. No sharing in what they hoped for - the glories of a Messianic kingdom on earth. No rest in repose under the shadow of the mighty throne of King Messiah. The "very little" (ver. 17) told them - if they would only listen - that their future as his servants would be a life of comparatively obscure inglorious activity, without rank or power, landless, homeless, well-nigh friendless. But the sequel of the parable told more than this. It proclaimed that their Master was able to estimate the moral worth of those who had been faithful and true in a "very little;" ay, more, was in a position to reward the faithful servant. And the recompense, a city for a pound, just hints at the magnificent possibilities of the heaven-life, just suggests the splendour of its rewards.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

first [servant]
πρῶτος (prōtos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

came forward
Παρεγένετο (Paregeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3854: From para and ginomai; to become near, i.e. Approach; by implication, to appear publicly.

[and] said,
λέγων (legōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘Master,
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

mina
μνᾶ (mna)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3414: A mina, a Greek monetary unit equal to 100 drachma. Of Latin origin; a mna, a certain weight.

has produced
προσηργάσατο (prosērgasato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4333: To gain, produce in addition. From pros and ergazomai; to work additionally, i.e. acquire besides.

ten
δέκα (deka)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1176: Ten. A primary number; ten.

{more} minas.’
μνᾶς (mnas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3414: A mina, a Greek monetary unit equal to 100 drachma. Of Latin origin; a mna, a certain weight.


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