»Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, `We are not willing that he should become our king.'«
If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.
And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.
But as for those enemies of mine who were unwilling that I should become their king, bring them here, and cut them to pieces in my presence.'«
He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.