Luke 19:14 · KJV
“But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.”
— Luke 19:14
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. {pounds: mina, here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half: which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings and sixpence}
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. {money: Gr. silver}
Luke 19 — Context
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. {pounds: mina, here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half: which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings and sixpence}
14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.
15And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. {money: Gr. silver}
16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:7
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Acts 7:51-52
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.
Acts 3:14-15
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
John 15:23-24
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay {them} before me.
John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 15:18
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
Psalms 2:1-3
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}