- "The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'
- "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'
- "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
- "And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
- "Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;
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- "The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
- " 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
- "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'
- "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'
- "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.
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