Luke 19:14
Good News Translation
Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'

New Revised Standard Version
But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Contemporary English Version
But the people of his country hated him, and they sent messengers to the foreign country to say, "We don't want this man to be our king."

New American Bible
His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

Luke 19:27 But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me.

1 Samuel 8:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

Psalm 2:1-3 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Zechariah 11:8 And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

John 1:11 He came unto his own: and his own received him not.

John 15:18,23,24 If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you. . . .

Acts 3:14,15 But you denied the Holy One and the Just: and desired a murderer to be granted unto you. . . .

Acts 4:27,28 For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, . . .

Acts 7:51,52 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Ten Minas
13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come. 14But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. 15And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading,…
Cross References
Luke 14:32
Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

Luke 19:13
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.

Luke 19:15
And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading,

Luke 19:27
But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me.

Luke 19:13
Top of Page
Top of Page