Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. But his citizens hated him, sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

It is a great misconception of this parable to confound these "citizens" with the "servants." The one repudiate all subjection to Him; the other, not excepting the unfaithful one, acknowledge Him as Master. By the "citizens" historically are here meant the Jews as a nation, who were Christ's "own," as "King of the Jews," but who expressly repudiated Him in this character, saying, "We have no king but Cesar" (.) But generally, and in Christendom, this class comprehends all infidel, open rejecters of Christ and Christianity, as distinguished from professed Christians.