Luke 19:16-18

19:16 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.’

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.