{"id":9158,"date":"2026-04-27T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/prytcha-o-desiaty-mynakh-smysl-tolkovanye\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:51:40","slug":"kakov-sm%d1%8bsl-prytchy-yysusa-o-desyaty-mynah-v-luky-1911-27","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/kakov-sm%d1%8bsl-prytchy-yysusa-o-desyaty-mynah-v-luky-1911-27\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the meaning of Jesus\u2019 parable of the ten minas in Luke 19:11\u201327?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The parable of the ten minas is about the period between Christ\u2019s First and Second Coming, in which God entrusts people with opportunities and expects faithfulness.<\/b> Many listeners expected that the Messiah would immediately establish an earthly kingdom. But Christ showed: <i>there would be a period of waiting in which people bear responsibility for what has been entrusted to them<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2>Historical context<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\"A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.\" <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:12&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:12<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In those days, rulers sometimes traveled to Rome to receive official confirmation of their authority and then returned. In the spiritual sense:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The nobleman<\/b> \u2014 Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<li><b>The far country<\/b> \u2014 heaven, where Christ ascended.<\/li>\n<li><b>The return<\/b> \u2014 the Second Coming.<\/li>\n<li><b>The servants<\/b> \u2014 people entrusted with service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What the mina means<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\"Do business till I come.\" <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:13&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:13<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A mina was a monetary unit (earnings for several months). But in the parable it <b>symbolizes everything God entrusts to a person<\/b>: abilities, time, knowledge of the truth, spiritual gifts, opportunities to help others.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the parable of the talents (Matt. 25), <i>here everyone receives the same amount \u2014 one mina each<\/i>. This emphasizes: <b>God gives each person a certain opportunity and responsibility.<\/b>Ellen White wrote: \"To every person God entrusts a certain work in His service. No one is exempt from responsibility.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Faithful servants and their reward<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\"Master, your mina has earned ten minas.\" <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:16&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:16<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice: \"<i>your<\/i> mina.\" The servant acknowledges that <b>everything belongs to the Lord<\/b>. He was simply a faithful steward.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"Well done, good servant! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.\" <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:17&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:17<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>God evaluates <b>not equal results, but faithfulness<\/b>. People have different opportunities \u2014 the Lord looks at how a person <i>used what was entrusted to them<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2>The danger of inactivity<\/h2>\n<p>The third servant returns the mina without profit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. For I was afraid of you.\" <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:20-21&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:20\u201321<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He <i>did not squander the money<\/i> and did not commit an obvious crime. His problem was different \u2014 <b>he did nothing<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The root of the problem is in his words: he considers the master harsh. <i>A false view of God paralyzes spiritual life.<\/i> When a person imagines God as stern and unjust, they <b>lose the desire to serve and to develop the gifts entrusted to them<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Spiritual Law of Growth<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTo everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+19:26&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 19:26<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This law also operates in spiritual life. When a person <b>uses their abilities, their opportunities increase<\/b>: faith is strengthened, character develops, and influence on others grows. But if a person neglects what God has given, they <i>gradually lose even what they had<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen White explains: \u201cTalents are multiplied only when they are used. Use is the condition of their preservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Practical meaning<\/h2>\n<p>Every person lives in a time of \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631 for Christ\u2019s return. This period <b>is not meant for passive waiting<\/b>. God entrusts people with resources, opportunities, and truth so that they may use them for service.<\/p>\n<p>The practical application is very simple:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use your abilities to help others.<\/li>\n<li>Share Bible truth.<\/li>\n<li>Develop spiritual gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Be faithful <b>in small things<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Even small opportunities matter in God\u2019s sight. The Lord expects not great achievements, but <i>faithfulness<\/i>. One day Christ will return. And then the main question will be <b>not how much a person had, but how they used what had been entrusted to them<\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"faq_question":"\u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0447\u0438 \u0418\u0438\u0441\u0443\u0441\u0430 \u043e \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0445 \u0432 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:11\u201327?","bible_refs":"\u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:11\u201327, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:12, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:13, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:16, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:17, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:20\u201321, \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0438 19:26, \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0444\u0435\u044f 25:14\u201330","answer_lang":"ru","source_question":"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0447\u0430 \u043e \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0445 \u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b, \u0442\u043e\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435."},"answer_topic":[152],"class_list":["post-9158","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry","answer_topic-second-coming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers\/9158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"answer_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answer_topic?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}