Just making sure what im reading is right...

**Divinus Arma** · 12-29-2006, 07:28

That Luke 19:27 is one bit of interesting info. Pretty easy to miss too. However, this one is getting really really misinterpreted here.

The Parable of the Ten Minas is a story told by Jesus about a Ruler or King, and the words of LUKE 19:27 are those of THE RULER and NOT of Jesus.

Here is the whole text in the New International Version for ease of reading:

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11While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.[a]'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.'
14"But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'

15"He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

16"The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'

17" 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'

18"The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'

19"His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'

20"Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'

22"His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'

24"Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

25" 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!'

26"He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. 27But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me."

Here is a link where one may read virtually any translation of the bible, but this link goes directly to the above passage. LINKY

Jesus frequently taught by parable to illustrate God and man's relationship to God. In this instance, Jesus is using this story to teach of what man should do with what God gives us on earth. He explains that we each are given an opportunity to invest in good by making positive choices that please God. He then explains that the man who takes the gift of choice from God and does nothing with it does not deserve the gift of choice to begin with.

As for the very last part Luke 19:27, Jesus is explaining that those who actively choose to go against God will be punished.

Our lesson in life is to take our gift of choice and use it to do God's will. By alligning our own personal ambitions with the ambition of God, we will have a fuller and more meaningful life. If we choose to do nothing and remain apathetic, then we have wasted our life and our gift. Finally, if we choose to do evil by opposing God, then we ruin our own lives and choose a life of pain for ourselves.

Believers in the afterlife may extend this to a consequence for our actions after our death. But believers in mortality can also take a lesson in this as a consequence which occurs in life.