August 25, 2021. Gospel Luke 19:12-26.

“19:12. He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 19:13. And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.” “He gave them ten pounds. . .In the original, what is here translated a pound, is in Latin, mina, in value of our coin, three pounds two shillings and sixpence. 19:14. But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. 19:15. And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading, 19:16. And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 19:17. And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities. 19:18. And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.” “19:19. And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities. 19:20. And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin. 19:21. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. 19:22. He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow. 19:23. And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury? 19:24. And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 19:25. And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.” “19:26. But I say to you that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him. 19:27. But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me.” Excerpt From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bible-douay-rheims-complete/id955129088 This material may be protected by copyright.