KJV King James Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
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Luke 19:20
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
WEB World English Bible
Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
ASV American Standard Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;
Surrounding context — Luke 19
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἕτεροςG2087 · heterosotherἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goλέγων·G3004 · legōto sayκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoμνᾶG3414 · mnaminaσουG4771 · suyouἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichεἶχονG2192 · echōto have/beἀποκειμένηνG606 · apokeimaito lay upἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongσουδαρίῳ·G4676 · soudarionhandkerchief
Cross-references
Proverbs 26:13-16The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.Matthew 25:24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:Luke 19:13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.Luke 6:46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?James 4:17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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