Lord He has Ten Pounds - Luke 19:25

The beloved physician Luke wrote how Jesus said, “the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, you good servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, have you authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, your pound has gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be you also over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared you, because you are an austere man: you take up that you laid not down, and reap that you did not sow. And he said unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow. Wherefore then gave not you my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has ten pounds”, and in chapter nineteen and verse twenty-five of his book Luke shared how Jesus said the people responded, “Lord, he has ten pounds” where we read:

(And they said unto him, Lord, he has ten pounds.)

The verse reads, “(And they said unto him, ...” Luke began with the words, “(and they said unto him” or “and the people surrounding the third servant uttered, declared and proclaimed to the nobleman”. Luke shared how Jesus told how the people around the “third servant” said the following to the nobleman.

The verse goes on to say, “... Lord, he has ten pounds.)” Luke added the word, “Lord” or “one to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding or master”, “he has ten pounds” which means “the first servant possesses and holds ten weights of three hundred shekels or weights and sums of money equal to one hundred drachmae”). Luke shared how Jesus told how the people around the “third servant” said the “first servant” already possesses “ten pounds”

When we meditate upon Luke's words in this verse, we see how the people around the “third servant” began to respond to the instruction of the nobleman by referring to the “first servant” already having “ten pounds”. The inference is that he should not get another “pound” from the “third servant”, however, the nobleman will share his reasoning in our next verse. God desires people to use the “talents and abilities” He provides, and when they submit their lives to His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”, whatever God has given them they are to use expeditiously for His honor and to His glory.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus tells how the nobleman says, “unto every one which has shall be given; and from him that has not, even that he has shall be taken away from him”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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