Luke 19:20

Contemporary English Version

Another servant came and said, "Sir, here is your money. I kept it safe in a handkerchief.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth

King James Version (1611)
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound which I haue kept layd vp in a napkin:

King James Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

English Standard Version
Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

New American Standard Bible
"And then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief;

New Century Version
"Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your coin which I wrapped in a piece of cloth and hid.

Amplified Bible
"Then another came and said, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief [for safekeeping].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a cloth;

Berean Standard Bible
Then another servant came and said, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Then another one came and said, ‘Sir, here is your maneh. I kept it hidden in a piece of cloth,

Darby Translation
And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your bag of money. I wrapped it in a piece of cloth and hid it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the other came, & sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin:

George Lamsa Translation
And another one came and said, My lord, here is your pound which was with me, which I kept laid up in a purse.

Good News Translation
Another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it hidden in a handkerchief.

Lexham English Bible
And another came, saying, ‘Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

Literal Translation
And another came, saying, Lord, behold your mina which I have stored up in a face-cloth.

American Standard Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

Bible in Basic English
And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

Hebrew Names Version
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

International Standard Version
"Then the other servantservant">[fn] came and said, 'Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

Etheridge Translation
And the other came and said, My lord, behold thy mani which I have had with me, laid up in a napkin.

Murdock Translation
And another came, and said: My lord, lo, this is thy pound, which hath been with me, laid up in fine linen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin.

English Revised Version
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

World English Bible
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And another came saying, Lord, behold thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

Weymouth's New Testament
"The next came. "`Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the thridde cam, and seide, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, that Y hadde, put vp in a sudarie.

Update Bible Version
And another came, saying, Lord, look, [here is] your $1,000, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

Webster's Bible Translation
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

New English Translation
Then another slave came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

New King James Version
"Then another came, saying, "Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

New Living Translation
"But the third servant brought back only the original amount of money and said, ‘Master, I hid your money and kept it safe.

New Life Bible
"Another one came saying, ‘Lord, look! Here is your piece of money. I have kept it hid in a piece of cloth.

New Revised Standard
Then the other came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the other, came, saying - Lord, lo! thy mina, which I kept lying by in a napkin;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

Revised Standard Version
Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the thyrde came and sayde: Lorde beholde here thy pounde which I have kepte in a napkyn

Young's Literal Translation
`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye thirde came, and sayde: Lo syr, here is thy pounde, which I haue kepte in a napkyn.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but another came and said, Lord, here's your money, which I laid up safe in a napkin.

THE MESSAGE
"The next servant said, ‘Master, here's your money safe and sound. I kept it hidden in the cellar. To tell you the truth, I was a little afraid. I know you have high standards and hate sloppiness, and don't suffer fools gladly.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"But the third cowboy walked up with his horse and handed it back to the ranch manager. The cowboy said, 'I kept him safe for you. I was afraid to do anything with him for fear he'd get hurt, and you'd get mad.

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

Lord: Luke 19:13, Luke 3:9, Luke 6:46, Proverbs 26:13-16, Matthew 25:24, James 4:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 25:18 - and hid Luke 16:1 - wasted Luke 19:37 - at

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."

Genesis 19:5
and started shouting, "Where are your visitors? Send them out, so we can have sex with them!"

Genesis 19:7
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!

Genesis 19:30
Lot was afraid to stay on in Zoar. So he took his two daughters and moved to a cave in the hill country.

Psalms 119:175
Keep me alive, so I can praise you, and let me find help in your teachings.

Isaiah 55:3
Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David.

Amos 3:6
Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't it the Lord who brings disaster on a city?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And another came,.... Who was one of the servants; had a gift, but did not use, and improve it, nor did it turn to any account:

saying, Lord; owning also the lordship and dominion of Christ, as all will confess at the last day, even those who have no interest in him, and cannot call him their Lord;

behold, [here is] thy pound; he owns his gifts were the Lord's, and that he had received them from him, and now returns them:

which I have kept; he had kept that which was committed to him, and that even till his Lord came; he had not lost it, though it was not increased, or was of any advantage to Christ, or the souls of men, it being neglected by him; for it was

laid up in a napkin: the Greek word, here used for a napkin, is adopted by the Jews into their language, and is used for a veil and for a linen cloth: this puts me in mind of what the Jews call,

קנין סודר "possession by a napkin", or linen cloth: their custom is this; when they buy, or sell any thing, to use a piece of cloth they call "sudar", the word in the text, which the contractors lay hold upon, whereby they ratify and confirm the bargain m: but this man made no use of his "sudar", or napkin, in buying and selling; he traded not at all; he wrapped up his money in it, and both lay useless; his gift lay dormant and unexercised, which was given him to profit withal.

m Elias in Tisbbi in voce קנין.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A napkin - A towel. He means by it that he had not wasted it nor thrown it by carelessly, but had been “very careful” of it; so much so as to be at the pains to tie it up in a towel and put it in a safe place, as if he had been “very faithful” to his trust. So many people employ their talents, their learning, their property, their influence. They “have” them; they “keep” them; but they never “use” them in the service of the Lord Jesus; and, in regard to their influence on the church or the world, it would be the same if God had never conferred on them these talents.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 19:20. Lord, behold, here is thy pound] See Matthew 25:18.