Luke 19:17-19

19:17 And the king ¹  said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful ²  in a very small matter, you will have authority ³  over ten cities.’ 19:18 Then ⁴  the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’ 19:19 So ⁵  the king ⁶  said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn See Luke 16:10.

³ sn The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to faithfulness for the reader.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the second slave’s report.

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.