Luke 19:26
"`I tell you that to every one who has anything, more shall be given; and from him who has not anything, even what he has shall be taken away.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
25("They said to him, "`Sir, he already has ten pounds.')
Cross References
Matthew 21:43"That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit the power of it.
Mark 4:25For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."
Luke 16:3"Then the steward said within himself, "`What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.
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 →