Luke 19:20
"The next came. "`Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
19"So he said to this one also, "`And you, be the governor of five towns.'
Cross References
Luke 3:9And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire."
Luke 19:13And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.
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 →