Luke 19:10-12

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁰ “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save those who have been lost.”

¹¹ And while they heard these things, He continued and spoke a parable (because He was near Jerusalem, and also because they thought that the Kingdom of God would shortly appear).

¹² Therefore, He said, “A certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then to return.