But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Parallel translations
- WEB But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”
- BSB And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- NKJV But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”
- NASB But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
- NLT And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king—bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”
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Quick answer
The king commands that his enemies who refused his reign be brought and executed. Rejecting Christ's kingship ends in judgment.
Overview
Returning to the rebellious citizens of verse 14, the parable ends with their decisive judgment. The verse soberly warns that those who refuse to submit to the returning King face condemnation. The same Christ who saves the seeking sinner will judge those who reject his rule, framing the parable's twin themes of stewardship and submission.
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- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Ps 21:8–9Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Matt 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Num 16:30–35But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
- Luke 21:22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- Heb 10:13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
- Nah 1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
- Ps 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Nah 1:2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
- Luke 20:16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- Ps 69:22–28Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Ps 2:3–5Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
- Num 14:36–37And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
- Isa 66:6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
- Isa 66:14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
- Matt 23:34–36Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
- 1 Th 2:15–16Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Matt 21:37–41But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
- Luke 19:42–44Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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