King James Version (KJV)
Luke 19:12
“He said therefore, ‹A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.›”
Verse in context — Luke 19
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‹For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.›
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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.
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He said therefore, ‹A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.›
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‹And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.›
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‹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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