Luke 19:12
“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Cross-References
“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.”
“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.”
“Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.”
“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”
“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”