Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him. And so they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this one to reign over us.’

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In The King James Version

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

In Context

13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and he said to them: ‘Do business until I return.’

15And it happened that he returned, having received the kingdom. And he ordered the servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called so that he would know how much each one had earned by doing business.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.

Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Zechariah 11:8And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.

John 1:11He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.

John 15:23Whoever hates me, hates my Father also.

Acts 4:27For truly Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, joined together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed

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 →

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