Luke 19:14

But his people hated him, and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We won't have this man as king 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

13He called ten of his servants, divided money equally among them, and told them, ‘Invest this money until I return.’

15After he had been crowned king he returned. He ordered his servants brought to him. He wanted to know what profit they had made by investing the money he had given them.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7“Do what the people tell you,” the Lord said to Samuel, “because it's not you they're rejecting, but me as their king.

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.

Zechariah 11:8In one month I dismissed three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also hated me.

John 1:11He came to his own people, but they didn't accept him.

John 15:23Anyone who hates me hates my Father as well.

Acts 4:27Now this has really happened right here in this city! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the foreigners and the people of Israel, united together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed as Messiah.

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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