Prophetic Guide to the End Times: Facing the Future without Fear by Prince Derek

Author:Prince, Derek [Prince, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Parable of the Minas

A parallel parable, Luke 19, is the parable of the minas. In the old King James Version it is called the parable of the pounds. Here are some differences between the parable of the talents in Matthew 24 and the parable of the minas in Luke 19. In Luke, each of the ten servants receives one mina, whereas in Matthew each servant receives according to his ability. Jesus knows how much He can trust each one with.

At the end of the parable in Luke, one has gained ten minas; he makes a tenfold increase. His master says to him, “Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities” (verse 17). Another one has gained five minas and his master says to him, “You also be over five cities” (verse 19). But he does not say, “Well done, good servant.” He is not on the same level as the man who has gained ten. Like the parable in Matthew, one of them has gained nothing. He also is called wicked and his one mina is taken from him.

Earlier in Luke 19, when the nobleman hands out the minas, the citizens say, “We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). That nobleman does not forget that. So at the end of this parable, Jesus says: “Bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me” (Luke 19:27).

Again, does that fit in with our picture of gentle Jesus, meek and mild? That gentleness is a true picture, but it is not the whole truth. Jesus is God’s appointed judge. The one who gains nothing is called wicked, his mina is taken away from him and he is exiled forever.

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