9. And Jesus said unto him--`To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
10. for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
11. And 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.
12. He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,