Luke 19:14

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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 ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said, Trade with them till I come.

15And when he was returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to be called to him, to whom he had delivered the money, that he might know what use each had made of it.

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Cross References

John 1:11yea, He came to his own peculiar right, and even his own people received Him not.

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

Acts 4:27For of a truth both Herod and Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel, combined against thy holy child Jesus,

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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