Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

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13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

15And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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

John 15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

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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