Discovery BoxLuke 19:16-19 
Context19:16 So 1 the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, 2 your mina 3 has made ten minas more.’ 19:17 And the king 4 said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful 5 in a very small matter, you will have authority 6 over ten cities.’ 19:18 Then 7 the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’ 19:19 So 8 the king 9 said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the royal summons.
2 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.” (and so throughout this paragraph).
3 tn See the note on the word “minas” in v. 13.
4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn See Luke 16:10.
6 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.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
8 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the second slave’s report.
9 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
