Luke 19:20

And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;

Douay-Rheims 1899

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: Be thou also over five cities.

21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:13The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.

Luke 3:9For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down and cast into the fire.

Luke 19:13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Trade till I come.

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 →

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