And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten minas already!’

As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

So the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.’

And he said to his attendants, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’

And the king said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?