Luke 19:10-12

New King James Version

^10 (A)for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The Parable of the Minas^(B)

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because ^(C)they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. ^12 (D)Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.