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9-10 Jesus told him, “This shows[a] that salvation has come to this home today. This man was one of the lost sons of Abraham, and I, the Messiah, have come to search for and to save such souls as his.”

11 And because Jesus was nearing Jerusalem, he told a story to correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:9 This shows, implied. the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(A) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(B)

The Parable of the Ten Minas(C)

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God(D) was going to appear at once.(E)

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