Luke 19
v.11
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.
v.12-14
He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’ 14”But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
The historical background for the parable was the visit of Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, to Rome to secure permission to reign as a so-called client king over a Roman territory. This petition was opposed by a delegation of Archelaus’s own subjects. Similarly, Jesus has gone to the heavenly seat of authority till the time for his return. In the meantime, he has been rejected by those who should serve him as his subjects (v.14).
v.21
I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.‘
v.40
“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
v.45
Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling.
Now there was nothing wrong with those men selling and buying there. There was nothing wrong with exchanging money there; it had to be. The sin lay in their doing it for profit. They got a percentage on serving the Lord. Anybody that serves for a commission, for what little bit of glory he can get out of it, is a merchant, and he ought to be cast out of the temple.
v.46
“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.‘”