Luke 19:27
Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28And having spoke these things, he went ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Numbers 14:36And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,
2 Samuel 23:7But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear, and they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.
Psalms 2:9Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT).
Isaiah 66:6A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of LORD who renders recompense to his enemies.
Nahum 1:2LORD is a jealous God and avenges. LORD avenges and is full of wrath. LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves [wrath] for his enemies.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →