Luke 19:12
He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
13And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I come.
Cross References
Matthew 25:14For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods;
Mark 12:1AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.
Mark 16:19The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God;
Luke 20:9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time.
John 18:37Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest it; because I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.
Acts 17:31Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
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 →