World English Bible
Luke 19:14
“But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.”
Verse in context — Luke 19
12
He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13
He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.
14
But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.
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It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
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The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.
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