# I don't understand the parable of the Ten Minas.

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**Created:** [November 2, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-parable-of-the-ten-minas/515998 "2009-11-02T00:21:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-parable-of-the-ten-minas/515998/141 "2009-11-04T12:36:39Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> That’s not what I meant. Nothing in the narratives is reliable, but a lot of the sayings tradition comes from an earlier source called **Q.**.

I’d say that alone explains things better than anything else 🙂

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