Luke 19:9-13

⁹And Jesus said unto him — 'To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

¹¹And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

¹²He said therefore, 'A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

¹³and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business — till I come;