Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him: and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 said to them: Trade till I come.

15And it came to pass, that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

Zechariah 11:8And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

John 1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 15:23He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

Acts 4:27For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

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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