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Luke 19:11

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As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.

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Luke 19:11 in other translations

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

Luke 19:11 · American Standard Version

Luke 19:11 in context

  1. 9Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
  2. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
  3. 11As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
  4. 12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
  5. 13He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’