And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds (note: Mina here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half, which according to five shillings the ounce, is 3. pounds two shillings sixpence), and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas (note: That is, he gave each servant one mina. A mina was most likely a silver coin worth a hundred drachmas, that is, about a hundred days’ wages.). ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.