Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, We are not willing that this should reign over us.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 he called his ten servants, and gave to them ten minin, and said to them, Trade till I come.

15And having received the kingdom and returned, he spake to call to him those servants to whom he had given the silver, that he might know how every one of them had traded.

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Cross References

John 1:11He came to his own, and his own received him not.

John 15:23He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.

Acts 4:27For verily they are assembled in this city against thy holy Son Jeshu, whom thou hast anointed,-Herodes and Pilatos with the Gentiles and the synagogue 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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