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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 19:11 in context
Luke 19:8–14
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Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
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Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
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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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He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
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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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