Luke 19:10-12

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹ Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately.

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