Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, he said: “A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. "
— Luke 19:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”
“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ”
“He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”
“Therefore he said,“A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.”
“He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.”
“So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.”
“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”
Jesus said to him: “Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost.”
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.
Therefore, he said: “A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and he said to them: ‘Do business until I return.’
But his citizens hated him. And so they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this one to reign over us.’
And it happened that he returned, having received the kingdom. And he ordered the servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called so that he would know how much each one had earned by doing business.