Luke 19:18
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
- KJV
- And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
- WEB
- “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
- ASV
- And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.
- DARBY
- And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.
- BLB
- And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, made five minas.’
- ÅB
- Og den annen kom og sa: Herre! ditt pund har gitt fem pund.
- OTB
- Den andre kom og sa: ‘Din mine, herre, har tjent fem til.’
- B1930
- Og den annen kom og sa: Herre! ditt pund har gitt fem pund.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 4:20
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Read in contextMatthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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