10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost.”
11. Now while they were listening to these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12. Therefore he said, “A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
13. And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’
14. But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’