18. “The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
19. “So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’
20. “And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth
21. because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
22. “He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
23. why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest! ’
24. So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’
25. “But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’
26. “ ‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
27. But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
28. When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
29. As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples
30. and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
31. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it? ’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
32. So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.