Luke 19:14

and his citizens were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

Literal Standard Version

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 having called ten servants of his own, he gave ten minas to them and said to them, Do business—until I come;

15And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what anyone had done in business.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7And YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people, to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them.

Psalms 2:1Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?

Zechariah 11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul has abhorred me.

John 1:11He came to [His] own, and [His] own did not receive Him;

John 15:23He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;

Acts 4:27for gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You anointed, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples 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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