Luke 19:25

And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

In Context

24And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

26But I say to you, that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken from him.

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

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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