Luke 19:11

¹¹Haec autem illis audientibus, adiciens dixit parabolam, eo quod esset prope Ierusalem, et illi existimarent quod confestim regnum Dei manifestaretur.

Luke 19 is a hinge chapter in the gospel, pivoting from Jesus’ public ministry toward his final confrontation in Jerusalem. It opens with the unlikely conversion of Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, demonstrating that salvation comes to the lost and transforms their ethics. The p