Luke 19:10-12

English Standard Version

¹⁰ For ^(A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

¹¹ As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because ^(B)they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. ¹² He said therefore, ^(C)“A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.