9. Jesus said to him: "Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.
10. For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost."
11. As they were listening to these things, continuing on, he spoke a parable, because he was nearing Jerusalem, and because they guessed that the kingdom of God might be manifested without delay.
12. Therefore, he said: "A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.