11 While they were listening to these things , Jesus went on to tell a parable , because He was near Jerusalem , and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately . 12 So He said , " A nobleman e went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself , and then return . 13 "And he called ten of his slaves , and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until e I come back.' 14 "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying , 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' 15 "When he returned , after receiving the kingdom , he ordered that these slaves , to whom he had given the money , be called to him so that he might know what business they had done . 16 "The first appeared , saying , 'Master , your mina has made ten minas more .' 17 "And he said to him, 'Well done , good slave , because you have been faithful in a very little thing , you are to be in authority over ten cities .'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 19:11-17
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.