Luke 19:12
And he said: A certain man of high birth was going to a distant place, to obtain royalty, and return again.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
13And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds: and he said to them, Traffic until I come.
Cross References
Matthew 25:14For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;
Mark 12:1And he began to discourse with them in similitudes. A certain man planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and dug in it a wine vat, and built a tower in it, and put it into the hands of husbandmen, and removed to a distance.
Mark 16:19And Jesus, our Lord, after he had conversed with them, ascended to heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Luke 20:9And he began to utter this similitude to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to cultivators, and went abroad for a long time.
John 18:37Pilate said to him: Then thou art a king? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said, that I am a king. For this was I born; and for this came I into the world, that I might bear testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.
Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge all the earth, with righteousness, by the man whom he hath designated: and he turneth every man to faith in him, in that he raised him 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 →