Luke 19:12
So he said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.
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Matthew 25:14“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, leased it to farmers, and left the country.
Mark 16:19After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven, and he sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 20:9Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to farmers, and left the country for a long time.
John 18:37Pilate said to him, “So yoʋ are a king?” Jesus answered, “Yoʋ have said yoʋrself that I am a king. The reason I was born and the reason I came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man 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 →