en_tn/luk/19/22.md

Connecting Statement:

Jesus continues to tell the parable he began in Luke 19:11.

By your own words

His "words" refer to all that he had said. AT: "Based on what you have said" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

You knew that I am a demanding person

The nobleman was repeating what the servant had said about him. He was not saying that it was true. AT: "You say that I am a demanding person"