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Luke 19:12
So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Luke 19:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Luke 19:12 in other translations
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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In context
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11 While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
12 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
14 But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
15 When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
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