Luke 19:12-14

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹² Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king^[a] and then return. ¹³ He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas,^[b] and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

¹⁴ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’