Luke 19

Luke 19:11-27
The Parable of the Minas

- v11. Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

- v24-27 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’”


Luke 19:28-40
The Triumphal Entry

- v37-38 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying: “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

- v39-40 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”


The word "stones" here is not referring just to literal stones as used in 2 Cor 3:3 - "written on tablets of stone". The word used here is Lithos, which means

a stone
of small stones
of building stones
metaph. of Christ

Isn't Jesus good at this "he who has ears let him hear" business?