Luke 19:26
For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me
2 Samuel 7:15but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee.
Ezekiel 44:12Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them, says lord LORD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Matthew 21:43Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
Mark 4:25For whoever has, to him it will be given. And he who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Luke 16:3And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →