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Contemporary English Version

Luke 19:19

The king said, "You will be given five cities."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Civil Service;   Faithfulness;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Judgment;   Kingdom of Heaven;   Opportunity;   Pound;   Probation;   Responsibility;   Servant;   Steward;   Trustee;   Unfaithfulness;   Works;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Kingdom of God;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Parables;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Millennium;   Parables;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kingdom of God;   Responsibility;   Reward;   Wealth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zacchaeus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   City;   Flagon;   Issachar;   Jerusalem;   Nail;   Thousand Years;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banking;   Commerce;   Jonah;   Luke, Gospel of;   Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Parable;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Account;   Ambition;   Asceticism (2);   Character;   Common Life;   Complacency;   Debt, Debtor (2);   Discourse;   Equality;   Money (2);   Pound ;   Property (2);   Readiness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Selfishness;   Social Life;   Sodom;   Steward, Stewardship;   Supremacy;   Talents ;   Trade and Commerce;   Wealth (2);   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven;   Weights and Measures;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Zacch us;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pound;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Herod;   Millennium: Premillennial View;   Pound;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’
King James Version (1611)
And hee said likewise to him, Bee thou also ouer fiue cities.
King James Version
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
English Standard Version
And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.'
New American Standard Bible
"And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
New Century Version
The king said to this servant, ‘You can rule over five cities.'
Amplified Bible
"And he said to him also, 'And you shall take charge over five cities.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.'
Berean Standard Bible
And to this one he said, 'You shall have authority over five cities.'
Complete Jewish Bible
and to this one he said, ‘You be in charge of five towns.'
Darby Translation
And he said also to this one, And *thou*, be over five cities.
Easy-to-Read Version
The king said to this servant, ‘You can rule over five cities.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And to the same he sayd, Be thou also ruler ouer fiue cities.
George Lamsa Translation
He said to this one also, You also will have charge over five talents.
Good News Translation
To this one he said, ‘You will be in charge of five cities.'
Lexham English Bible
So he said to this one also, ‘And you be over five cities.'
Literal Translation
And he said to this one also, And you be over five cities.
American Standard Version
And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.
Hebrew Names Version
"He said to him also, 'You also are to be over five cities.'
International Standard Version
The kingHe">[fn] said to him, 'You take charge of five cities.'
Etheridge Translation
He saith also to this, Thou also shalt have rule over five towns.
Murdock Translation
He said likewise to him: Thou also shalt have authority over five towns.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities.
English Revised Version
And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.
World English Bible
"He said to him also, 'You also are to be over five cities.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to him likewise, Be thou also over five cities.
Weymouth's New Testament
"So he said to this one also, "`And you, be the governor of five towns.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And to this he seide, And be thou on fyue citees.
Update Bible Version
And he said to him also, You also be over five cities.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
New English Translation
So the king said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.'
New King James Version
Likewise he said to him, "You also be over five cities.'
New Living Translation
"‘Well done!' the king said. ‘You will be governor over five cities.'
New Life Bible
He said to him, ‘You are to be leader over five cities.'
New Revised Standard
He said to him, ‘And you, rule over five cities.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said, to him also, And, thou, be over five cities.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And to ye same he sayde: and be thou also ruler ouer fyve cities.
Young's Literal Translation
and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And to him he sayde: And thou shalt be ouer fyue cities.
Mace New Testament (1729)
his master replied, you shall be governor of five cities.
THE MESSAGE
"He said, ‘I'm putting you in charge of five towns.'
Simplified Cowboy Version
"'You too did a great job, cowboy!' the ranch manager said. 'I'm going to make you the wagon boss of this outfit.'

Contextual Overview

11 The crowd was still listening to Jesus as he was getting close to Jerusalem. Many of them thought that God's kingdom would soon appear, 12 and Jesus told them this story: A prince once went to a foreign country to be crowned king and then to return. 13 But before leaving, he called in ten servants and gave each of them some money. He told them, "Use this to earn more money until I get back." 14 But the people of his country hated him, and they sent messengers to the foreign country to say, "We don't want this man to be our king." 15 After the prince had been made king, he returned and called in his servants. He asked them how much they had earned with the money they had been given. 16 The first servant came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me I have earned ten times as much." 17 "That's fine, my good servant!" the king said. "Since you have shown that you can be trusted with a small amount, you will be given ten cities to rule." 18 The second one came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me, I have earned five times as much." 19 The king said, "You will be given five cities." 20 Another servant came and said, "Sir, here is your money. I kept it safe in a handkerchief.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be: Isaiah 3:10, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 15:41, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Matthew 25:22 - I have

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."
Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,
Genesis 19:7
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!
Genesis 19:11
Then they struck everyone in the crowd blind, and none of them could even find the door.
Genesis 19:14
Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, "Hurry and get out of here! The Lord is going to destroy this city." But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.
Genesis 19:16
At first, Lot just stood there. But the Lord wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city.
Genesis 19:17
When they were outside, one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you will be safe."
Genesis 19:22
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.
Genesis 19:25
He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.
Genesis 19:26
On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said likewise to him,.... He commended him as a good and faithful servant, though this is not expressed; and added,

be thou over five cities; which does not denote any inequality of glory in Christ's ministers, who will all shine as the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever; at least, there will be no inequality in the ultimate state of happiness, when all the saints shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, whatever there may be in the kingdom state, or in Christ's personal reign with his saints on earth. The above learned writer would have this passage compared with

Isaiah 19:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 25:20-21.

Ten cities - We are not to suppose that this will be “literally” fulfilled in heaven. Christ teaches here that our reward in heaven will be “in proportion” to our faithfulness in improving our talents on earth.


 
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