Luke 19:26-27

19:26 ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, ¹  but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ²  19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, ³  bring them here and slaughter ⁴  them ⁵  in front of me!’”

[19:26]  ¹ tn Grk “to everyone who has, he will be given more.”

[19:26]  ² sn The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken away from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of this is left ambiguous, but there is no comfort here for those who are pictured by the third slave as being totally unmoved by the master. Though not an outright enemy, there is no relationship to the master either. Three groups are represented in the parable: the faithful of various sorts (vv. 16, 18); the unfaithful who associate with Jesus but do not trust him (v. 21); and the enemies (v. 27).

[19:27]  ³ tn Grk “to rule over them.”

[19:27]  ⁴ tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72).

[19:27]  ⁵ sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him.