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Luke 19:11

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The Parable of the Ten Minas

19:11While the people were listening to these things, Jesus28 proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem,29 and because they thought30 that the kingdom of God31 was going to32 appear immediately.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 29 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
  3. 30 The present active infinitive δοκεῖν (dokein) has been translated as causal.
  4. 31 Luke means here the appearance of the full kingdom of God in power with the Son of Man as judge as Luke 17:22–37 describes.
  5. 32 Or perhaps, “the kingdom of God must appear immediately (see L&N 71.36).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

NLTNew Living Translation

The crowd was listening to everything Jesus said. And because he was nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.