Luke 19:25

‘But, Sir,’ they said, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Take away from him the ten pounds,’ he said to those standing by, ‘and give them to the one who has the hundred.’

26‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

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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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