Luke 19:12
And he said, A certain man of a noble house went into a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
13And he called his ten servants, and gave to them ten minin, and said to them, Trade till I come.
Cross References
Matthew 25:14FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property:
Mark 12:1And he began to discourse with them in parables. A certain man planted a vinery, and surrounded it with an enclosure, and dug in it a wine-press, and built in it a tower, and gave it to be held by husbandmen, and journeyed.
Mark 16:19But Jeshu our Lord, after he had spoken with them, unto the heavens ascended, and sat on the right hand of Aloha.
Luke 20:9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vinery, and let it to husbandmen, and removed for a great time.
John 18:37Pilatos saith to him, Then thou art a king? Jeshu saith to him, Thou hast said that I am a king. For this am I born, and for this I came into the world, to testify of the truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice.
Acts 17:31because he hath set a day in which he will judge the whole earth in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; and he will convert every man to the faith of him in having raised him from among 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 →