OBAMA’S NEW BLACK PANTHERS: RACE WAR FOR TRAYVON APRIL 9TH ‘DAY OF ACTION’

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Richard Johnson

We know Obama’s Department of Justice provides protection for the violent revolutionary New Black Panther Party. The NBPP has scheduled a “race war” for today. Like me, you may not be in the line of fire but you’ll need to know the mind and motivation of these fiercely racist and anti-American people.

Partial text of the organizing phone call for their Trayvon Martin April 9th National Day of action protest The New Black Panther Party engaged in violent, racist, hate filled speech. (From Leah Lax for President 2012)

Hosted primarily by Michelle Williams and Chawn Kweli, the New Black Panther’s chief of staff in Tampa and a national spokesman, respectively, the call was filled with violent, hate-filled speech outlining the party’s future plans. Words like “war, cracker, and blood“ seemed to be the biggest ”buzz words” in the conversation

Williams: I just want to say to all the listeners on this phone call, that if you are having any doubt about getting suited, booted, and armed up for this race war that we’re in that has never ended, let me tell you somethin…the thing that’s about to happen these honkies, these crackers, these pigs, these people, these motherf*er…it has been long overdue.”

Kweli: “Ya, what she said was right– we got to suit up and boot up…and get prepared for the war that we’re in…this stuff got to boil over, and all your great’s talked about that happened to be bloodshed involved with revolution- true revolution means some bloodshed, so there‘s blood being spilled because there’s a new life that is beyond this bloodshed. There is a new reality that is built upon your original African principles and spiritualities and values and norms that is beyond this bloodshed. But we gotta go do it.

“And as the Scripture said, you gotta to cross it. We gon’ have to cross the Red Sea….I know y’all thought it was talking about some sea in some Middle Eastern part of the world- hell no. We’re talking about some blood. You’re gonna have to cross some blood, and go through some blood and some battles.

“And there are those who wish they could stand in this hour, to see the destruction of the devil‘s world and the devil’s society– and I‘m ain’t talking about no dude underneath the ground with a pitchfork and pantyhose. I’m talking about that blonde haired, blue-eyed, sometimes brown-eyed, Caucasian walkin around with a mindset, a demonistic mindset, and a nature to do evil and brutality.

Williams also reportedly said that one of his goals was to collect the $10,000 bounty placed on George Zimmerman by the New Black Panther Party.

He added that “…my prize right now this evening is going to be the bounty, the arrest– dead or alive– for George Zimmerman. You feel me? To every brother, to every female, I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man’s problem just to avoid violence.”

The callers also stated their desire to see the end of capitalism in America.

“Absolutely, we want the complete removal of capitalism. Why? Because capitalism sets up a class structure and a class society,” Kweli reportedly said.

“This is real,” the caller allegedly said. “We’re attacked anywhere in the world and we would defend ourselves by any means necessary…You starve capitalism, since this racism that‘s being perpetuated and this brutality that’s being perpetuated, and this murder that’s being perpetuated, is built on the table legs of capitalism, you’ve got to starve capitalism.”

 

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“IF YOU CAN HIDE BENEATH THE CROSS, THERE’S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF”

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Richard Johnson

—Newt Gingrich, Resurrection Sunday, 2012

Speaker Gingrich made the statement on Fox News Sunday with Britt Hume as he discussed the 2012 Presidential campaign, the crisis in America and the need to boldly move in a few key areas for our grandchildren’s future. Mr. Gingrich said this is the most crucial election since 1860 (I agree). He said he entered the campaign for the Republican nomination believing the challenges we in America face is really hard. He now knows, he said, it is much harder than he thought. Here is the fascinating full discussion.

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THE EVENT THAT OVERSHADOWS EVERYONE EVERYDAY: EASTER —JESUS LIVES!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Richard Johnson

Consider please that this historic event—

—touches every human being every day in some way.

Rejoice, again I say. Rejoice!

CELESTIAL REJOICING

Is it the sound of storm? Oh no!
It’s majestic music that I hear.
Faintly, then crescendo seems to overflow,
A harmony so vast as I draw near.

And every tone of instrument and voice,
Expresses triumph, gloriously hails the new.
In the angels’ presence, all rejoice,
What death and rising of the Lord made true.

That one, just one, came when the Father called;
The ransom paid, a new person has come forth.
And, angels in reverence enthralled,
Join the chorus, proclaiming wondrous worth.

The light of rainbow hues shines brightly out;
Myriads of angels, saints, sing out their praise,
While harmony beyond belief, loud as a shout,
Thrills the ears and hearts as voices raise.

From the gloom of night and heavy heart,
Sorrow, guilt, and shame all burdening down,
The light celestial seeking to impart,
Heaven’s healing glory to the earth’s sad frown.

That morning, the open grave, the ransom paid,
Made this rejoicing time available that each
One of us, whose sin, in surrender laid,
May have the joy Easter brings within our reach.

Now, Hallelujahs ring too, here on earth;
Flowers and joyous music greet the day.
Children celebrate as children do, with mirth,
and, “Happy Easter,” tells, “He made the way.”

Carol Morfit Welch

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GOOD FRIDAY—OR THE DEFINITION OF HOLY FOR THE WORLD

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Richard Johnson

Good Friday: Behold the Definition of Holy for the World.

Ann Barnhardt clearly presented her view about how we need to correct the fundamental falsehood that underlies America’s trouble. “’But, you will all cry, this is unfair!’ Well, life is unfair.” Ann said, then, she declared, “Do you want to know what is unfair? This is unfair!” (Note: I disagree with her solution. I believe the Chilean system will also work here.)

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is to say, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Holy Bible, Matthew 27:45-46, 21st Century King James Version)

And behold the veil of the Temple was rent in two from top to bottom, and the earth quaked and the rocks rent. Matthew 27:51

Shalom

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COME, PARTAKE OF THE FEAST OF THE UNLEVENED BREAD

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Richard Johnson

You Christian living in the body of Christ; you Jew whom He loves; you gentile who now hears His call; I invite you this hour to share in the Feast of the Unleavened Bread.

The account is taken from The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke, chapter 22 which also includes His betrayal and trial before the Sanhedrin. May it be a blessing to you now and forevermore.

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people. 3Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being one of the twelve. 4And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray Him unto them. 5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

7Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb must be killed. 8And He sent Peter and John, saying,

“Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat.”

9And they said unto Him, “Where wilt Thou have us prepare?” 10And He said unto them,

“Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11And ye shall say unto the master of the house, `The Master saith unto thee, “Where is the guestchamber where I shall eat the Passover with My disciples?”‘ 12And he shall show you a large upper room furnished. There make ready.”

 13And they went and found as He had said unto them. And they made ready the Passover.

14And when the hour had come, He sat down and the twelve apostles with Him. 15And He said unto them,

“With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16for I say unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”

17And He took the cup, and gave thanks and said,

“Take this, and divide it among yourselves; 18for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God shall come.”

19And He took bread, and gave thanks and broke it and gave it unto them, saying,

“This is My body which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

20Likewise also He took the cup after supper, saying,

“This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you. 21But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth Me is with Me on the table. 22And truly the Son of Man goeth as it was determined; but woe unto that man by whom He is betrayed!”

23And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing. 24And there was also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25And He said unto them,

“The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called `benefactors. 26But ye shall not be so; but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27For who is greater, he that sitteth at meat or he that serveth? Is it not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as He that serveth.

28“Ye are they that have continued with Me in My temptations. 29And I appoint unto you a Kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me, 30that ye may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

31And the Lord said,

“Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

 33And Peter said unto Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with Thee, both into prison and to death.”

34And He said,

“I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest Me.”

35And He said unto them,

“When I sent you without purse and pack and shoes, lacked ye anything?”

And they said, “Nothing.”

36Then said He unto them,

“But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it and likewise his pack; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. 37For I say unto you that this that is written must yet be accomplished in Me: `And He was reckoned among the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”

38And they said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” And He said unto them,

“It is enough.”

 39And He came out and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed Him. 40And when He was at the place, He said unto them,

“Pray that ye enter not into temptation.”

41And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down and prayed, 42saying,

“Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Thine be done.”

43And there appeared an angel unto Him from Heaven, strengthening Him. 44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45And when He rose up from prayer and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.

46And He said unto them, “Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”

 47And while He yet spoke, behold, a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him. 48But Jesus said unto him,

“Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?”

49When those who were about Him saw what would follow, they said unto Him, “Lord, shall we smite with the sword?” 50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51And Jesus answered and said,

“Suffer ye thus far.”

And He touched his ear and healed him. 52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and the elders, who had come to Him,

“Have ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves?53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against Me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

54Then they took Him and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off. 55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and had sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him and said, “This man was also with him.”  57And he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I know Him not.” 58And after a little while another saw him and said, “Thou art also of them.” And Peter said, “Man, I am not!” 59And after the space of about an hour, another confidently affirmed, saying, “In truth this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilean.” 60And Peter said, “Man, I know not what thou sayest!” And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crowed. 61And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said unto him, “Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.”62And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

63And the men who held Jesus mocked Him and smote Him. 64And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is it that smote thee?” 65And many other things they spoke blasphemously against Him. 66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led Him into their council, saying, 67“Art thou the Christ? Tell us.” And He said unto them,

“If I tell you, ye will not believe. 68And if I also ask you, ye will not answer Me nor let Me go. 69Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

70Then said they all, “Art thou then the Son of God?” And He said unto them,

“Ye say that I am.”

71And they said, “What need we any further witness? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.”

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ISLAM IN THE WEST: DESTROY IT THEN TAKE OVER

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Richard Johnson

“I find it sad that anyone would preach such a damning message.”

Pamela Geller

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THE TRUMPET (FINALLY) SOUNDS ON THE FRAUD THAT HAS CAUGHT UP THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Richard Johnson

—Starting today with the fraud-thug in chief, Barak Obama

“[E]very word uttered by Barack Obama at that Tucson Memorial was nothing more than politically-motivated empty rhetoric.”

The reference is to the Obama preaching at the “Together we Thrive” memorial held at the University of Arizona January 12, 2011. The memorial was to honor those killed in the “Tucson massacre” January 8, 2011. Justice for Trayvon is phony and fraudulent. We will blow the trumpet bigtime on this fraud in a day or two. But I couldn’t wait to republish Jeannie Deangelis’ piece Sunday at Big Government. This is important. Please read it all.

Election Year Civility: Obama’s Tucson Memorial vs. Trayvon Martin Reactions

There was a time when liberals fancied themselves the keepers of civility. Who can forget when, after the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy, the President spoke at a memorial in Tucson where he exhorted the nation to more courteous conversation by insinuating that right-wing hate speech had fueled the brutal attack on the Arizona congresswoman?

After the shooting, in one of his typical lectures to America, Barack “Together we Thrive” Obama maintained that “at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized – at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do – it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”

More recently, after the controversial shooting death of black Florida teen Trayvon Martin one can’t help but wonder if Barack Obama truly meant those words.

Based on his reaction to the racially-tinged incident in Sanford, Florida, it seems the President’s exhortation applies exclusively to political adversaries, because lately we’ve come to find out that if dissension should crop up anywhere besides Arizona, ‘pausing for a moment’ is apparently not something Barack Obama advocates.

The truth is, when comparing the hoodie-wearing congressmen, bounty-placing New Black Panthers, terror-tweeting Hollywood directors, and a President who has lots to say about conservatives’ conduct but remains mum when out-of-control liberals behave badly, indignant hypocrites on the left have succeeded in making Rush Limbaugh’s recent improper innuendos seem relatively benign.

After the shooting in Tucson that killed six people and injured 12, the President implored a stunned nation to embrace civility, saying, “For the truth is that none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack. None of us can know with any certainty what might have stopped those shots from being fired, or what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man’s mind.”

Yet, after uttering such cogent words, Obama has chosen to remain relatively silent as George Zimmerman, the man who claims that he shot a black teen in self-defense, is pursued by an outraged lynch mob chanting “No justice, no peace.”

Even more disturbing is the fact that those shunning the assistance of law enforcement are some of Obama’s closest friends. The group attempting to avenge a death deemed by some to be the result of racial profiling that turned into a cold-blooded execution includes the New Black Panthers, Democrat ultra-liberals like Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Al Sharpton, and Hollywood progressives like Roseanne Barr.

Famous African-American “40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks” director Spike Lee even chose not to “do the right thing.” Jumping into the fray and hoping to direct an angry mob to George Zimmerman’s doorstep to accomplish God knows what, Lee tweeted out a home address he thought belonged to the perpetrator. Spike might as well have strung a noose on a tree outside the man’s house.

The house number Lee tweeted was incorrect, but his communiqué resulted in Elaine and David McClain being driven from their home fearing for their lives. Spike Lee, a $1.6 million fundraiser for Obama’s bid for reelection, finally apologized and reached a financial settlement with the elderly couple. But thus far, the Tucson Healer has yet to utter one word about the shameful incident.

After mentally disturbed Jared Lee Loughner shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head, Barack Obama made a concerted effort to temper the violence by promising justice, and did so while encouraging everyone to exercise measured restraint. Now, in response to Trayvon’s death, a posse with the Twitter handle @Kill Zimmerman is advertising that, without an investigation or trial, an American citizen should “be shot dead in the street the same way Trayvon was.”

Yet, the President who once challenged the nation with the words “We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of violence in the future” has been eerily silent about the growing unrest surrounding the teen’s shooting. Obama has spoken once, only to mention that if he had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.

Whatever happened to President Obama advising Americans to use a violent situation such as this “to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and to remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together?”

If we were listening to each other, exercising empathy and reminding ourselves we are bound together, then Attorney General Eric Holder and his Justice Department would have reacted appropriately to the New Black Panthers trying to take the law into their own hands by placing a bounty on a Zimmerman’s head and circulating “Wanted Dead or Alive” posters.

Moreover, why is President Obama, who in Tucson warned that we should never use “tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another,” stoking aggression by purposely ignoring the growing animosity toward a man who is supposed to be “innocent until proven guilty?”

At the Tucson Memorial, Barack Obama quoted Scripture and discouraged the nation from “pointing fingers and assigning blame.” Now, with an election just months away, the Keeper of Civility, desperate to renew his base, has found a racial issue to exploit and has aligned his 2012 reelection campaign with a hooded uniform that symbolizes a slain teen whose culpability in his own death has yet to be determined.

And so, not only has the President proven that his recent righteous indignation toward so-called right-wing “hate speech” is a reaction directed exclusively toward political foes, and while contributing to growing tension in a nation he’s supposed to be leading, Obama has once again managed to expose his own duplicity.

The Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case has left a young man dead, an accused shooter hiding from an angry mob of bloodthirsty vigilantes, and has caused the nation to be sharply divided again by racial tension. But above all, what the Trayvon Martin tragedy has done is reveal to America that every word uttered by Barack Obama at that Tucson Memorial was nothing more than politically-motivated empty rhetoric.

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PALM SUNDAY 2012: LET AMERICA CELEBRATE THE REVELATION OF THE KING OF KINGS ON EARTH

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Richard Johnson

The whole multitude, . . . “Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” . . . Jesus, “. . . if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

The Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke, Chapter 19:28-41 (21st Century King James Bible)

28And when Jesus had thus spoken, He went ahead, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29And it came to pass, when He had come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, 30saying,

“Go ye into the village opposite you, in which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat. Loose him and bring him hither. 31And if any man ask you, `Why do ye loose him?’ thus shall ye say unto him, `Because the Lord hath need of him.'”

32And those who were sent went their way and found even as He had said unto them. 33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, “Why loose ye the colt?” 34And they said, “The Lord hath need of him.” 35And they brought him to Jesus, and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 36And as He went, they spread their clothes along the way. 37And when He had come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38saying, “Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, “Master, rebuke thy disciples.” 40And He answered and said unto them, 

“I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

41And when He had come near, He beheld the city [Jerusalem] and wept over it, . . . .

This is the powerful revelation by Jesus that He has come as King of kings and Lord of lords. This establishes the importance of the events of the next 7 days and it establishes Jesus as King, in fact over, all the earth. Christians live and die in that confidence. For Christians anywhere around the world and across time, that has always been, is now and always will be enough. (And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”—Revelation 19:16)

For Americans, it is more. America was received by the fathers of the country who possessed the confident knowledge and stubborn determination that America would have no king but King Jesus. The fathers of America understood the gift that was revealed that first day of that first Holy Week; and from that day forth either your God would be your King or your king would be your god.

April 19, 1775, the morning after the ride of Paul Revere, British Major Pitcairn shouted to an assembled regiment of Minutemen; “Disperse, ye villains, lay down your arms in the name of George the Sovereign King of England.” The immediate response of Rev. Jonas Clarke was: “We recognize no Sovereign but God and no King but Jesus.” Messengers of the newly formed Committee for Intercolonial Correspondence carried the cry: “NO KING BUT KING JESUS!”

Do not be mistaken, this Palm Sunday and forevermore, our charge, as American patriots, is to defeat those who would make us a king (all-powerful Federal Government) and make that king our god. Our success will return that “Shining City on a Hill” as America’s reality and the promise for all mankind.

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FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS MOST OF WISCONSIN REFORM LAW

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Richard Johnson

U.S. District Judge William Conley upheld most of the reforms enacted under Governor Scott Walker in 2011. The thug operations that filed the suit to strike the law down include councils of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the Wisconsin State Employees Union and the Service Employees International Union-Health Care Wisconsin.

He did overturn two provisions that would have loosened the grip that the thug unions have over these public employees. The story was filed this morning by the AP and contains their normal thug/Shariah friendly bias.

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THE MAKERS AND THE TAKERS ACORDING TO JESUS CHRIST

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Richard Johnson

We are in a “war” for the future of our country and our children’s future. Shall we be the “Sweet Land of Liberty?” Or, shall we become another land of Socialist misery and poverty? We often refer to the sides as the “makers” and “takers.”

Jesus Christ, whose gift and triumph we (Christians) are about Celebrate, brought clarity on the subject. In a parable Jesus gave just before He went up to Jerusalem for the Passover and, as it turned out, to pay the debt of all humankind. The purpose of the parable was to teach that each of us is responsible to be productive with the gifts we have been given for the Kingdom of God. We can correctly and fairly apply the parable to show our responsibility is to be productive here in this world.

Here, from the 21st Century King James Holy Bible is the parable from The Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 19: 12-27. Please open your heart and your mind to the teaching of the Lord that you may also teach other key men and women that they may teach others.

12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, `Make use of it till I come.’ 14But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, `We will not have this man to reign over us.’ 15And it came to pass that when he had 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. 16Then came the first, saying, `Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.’ 17And he said unto him, `Well done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.’ 18And the second came, saying, `Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.’ 19And he said likewise to him, `Be thou also over five cities.’ 20And another came, saying, `Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin. 21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layest not down, and reapest what thou did not sow.’ 22And he said unto him, `Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping what I did not sow. 23Why then gavest not thou my money unto the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with interest?’ 24And he said unto them that stood by, `Take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds.’ 25(And they said unto him, `Lord, he hath ten pounds!’) 26`For I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. 27But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.'”

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