10 For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost.'
11 As they were listening to these things, continuing on, he spoke a parable, because he was nearing Jerusalem, and because they guessed that the kingdom of God might be manifested without delay.
12 Therefore, he said: 'A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and he said to them: 'Do business until I return.'
14 But his citizens hated him. And so they sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this one to reign over us.'
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