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Ora, Deus fez com que Daniel achasse graça e misericórdia diante do chefe dos eunucos.
A eunuch (Isaiah 56:3, 5) denotes the natural man as to good, and the "son of the stranger" denotes the natural man as to truth.
In Matthew 19:12, this signifies people who are subjects of the celestial marriage.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 5081; Isaiah 56)
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The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
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"He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
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"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
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"So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
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Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,