19 "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
19 And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
19 "He said, 'I'm putting you in charge of five towns.'
19 Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'
19 "'Well done!' the king said. 'You will be governor over five cities.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 19:19
Commentary on Luke 19:11-27
(Read Luke 19:11-27)
This parable is like that of the talents, 1 Peter 4:10. The account required, resembles that in the parable of the talents; and the punishment of the avowed enemies of Christ, as well as of false professors, is shown. The principal difference is, that the pound given to each seems to point out the gift of the gospel, which is the same to all who hear it; but the talents, distributed more or less, seem to mean that God gives different capacities and advantages to men, by which this one gift of the gospel may be differently improved.