Luke 19:20

And the third came, and said, Lord, lo! thy bezant, (or Lord, behold! thy coin), that I had, put up [or kept] in a sudarium, [or (a) sweating cloth], (or in a napkin).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 to this he said, And be thou on five cities. (And to him he said, And thou shalt be over five cities.)

21For I dreaded thee, for thou art an austere man; thou takest away that that thou settedest not, and thou reapest that that thou hast not sown. (For I feared thee, for thou art a stern and a hard man; thou takest away that which thou hast not brought, and thou harvestest that which thou hast not sown.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:13A slow man saith, A lion is in the way, a lioness is in the footpaths. (A lazy person saith, A lion is there on the way, a lioness is there on the footpaths!)

Luke 3:9And now an ax is set [or is put] to the root of the tree; and therefore every tree that maketh not good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

Luke 19:13And when his ten servants were called, he gave to them ten bezants (or he gave them ten coins); and said to them, Chaffer ye, [or Merchandize ye], (or Trade), till I come (back).

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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