Luke 19:20
And another approached, saying: ‘Lord, behold your one pound, which I kept stored in a cloth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
In Context
19And he said to him, ‘And so, you shall be over five cities.’
Cross References
Proverbs 26:13The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
Luke 3:9For even now the axe has been placed at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.”
Luke 19:13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and he said to them: ‘Do business until I return.’
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 →