Luk 19:13-26 | JFB | STEP | 13. Occupy-- "negotiate," "do business," with the resources entrusted.

‏ Luke 19:13-26

13. Occupy--"negotiate," "do business," with the resources entrusted.

14. his citizens--His proper subjects; meaning the Jews, who expressly repudiating our Lord's claims said, "We have no king but Cæsar" (Joh 19:15). In Christendom, these correspond to infidel rejecters of Christianity, as distinguished from professed Christians.

15-26. (See on Mt 25:19-29.)

ten ... five cities--different degrees of future gracious reward, proportioned to the measure of present fidelity.