Luke 19:25

Easy-to-Read Version

"The men said to the king, ‘But sir, that servant already has ten bags of money.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’

King James Version (1611)
And they said vnto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

King James Version
(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

English Standard Version
And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!'

New American Standard Bible
"And they said to him, 'Master, he already has ten minas.'

New Century Version
They said, ‘But sir, that servant already has ten coins.'

Amplified Bible
"And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas already!'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas already.'

Berean Standard Bible
'Master,' they said, 'he already has ten!'

Contemporary English Version
But they said, "Sir, he already has ten times as much!"

Complete Jewish Bible
They said to him, ‘Sir, he already has ten manim!'

Darby Translation
And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

Geneva Bible (1587)
(And they sayd vnto him, Lord, hee hath ten pieces.)

George Lamsa Translation
They said to him, Our lord, he has already with him ten pounds.

Good News Translation
But they said to him, ‘Sir, he already has ten coins!'

Lexham English Bible
And they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten minas.'

Literal Translation
And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

American Standard Version
And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

Bible in Basic English
And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

Hebrew Names Version
"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

International Standard Version
They answered him, 'Sir, he alreadyalready">[fn] has ten coins!'

Etheridge Translation
They say to him, Our lord, he hath ten minin.

Murdock Translation
They say to him: Our lord, there are with him ten pounds.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces.

English Revised Version
And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

World English Bible
"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(And they said to him, Lord, he hath ten pounds!)

Weymouth's New Testament
("They said to him, "`Sir, he already has ten pounds.')

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden to hym, Lord, he hath ten besauntis.

Update Bible Version
And they said to him, Lord, he has $10,000.

Webster's Bible Translation
(And they said to him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

New English Translation
But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten minas already!'

New King James Version
(But they said to him, "Master, he has ten minas.')

New Living Translation
"‘But, master,' they said, ‘he already has ten pounds!'

New Life Bible
And they said to him, ‘Lord, he already has ten pieces of money.'"

New Revised Standard
(And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten pounds!')

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they said to him, Lord! he hath ten minas; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.

Revised Standard Version
(And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten pounds!')

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they sayd vnto him: Lorde he hath ten pounde.

Young's Literal Translation
(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they sayde vnto him: Syr, he hath ten pounde already.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but they objected, Lord, he has already ten pounds:

THE MESSAGE
"They said, ‘But Master, he already has double...'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"'But, sir,' the cowboy said, 'he already has the best horse here. Why does he get two?'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ As the crowd listened to what he was saying, Jesus went on to tell a story. He was now near Jerusalem and knew that the people thought it was almost time for God's kingdom to come. ¹² So he said, "A very important man was preparing to go to a country far away to be made a king. Then he planned to return home and rule his people. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.' ¹⁴ But the people in the kingdom hated the man. They sent a group to follow him to the other country. There they said, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.' ¹⁵ "But the man was made king. When he came home, he said, ‘Call those servants who have my money. I want to know how much more money they earned with it.' ¹⁶ The first servant came and said, ‘Sir, I earned ten bags of money with the one bag you gave me.' ¹⁷ The king said to him, ‘That's great! You are a good servant. I see that I can trust you with small things. So now I will let you rule over ten of my cities.' ¹⁸ "The second servant said, ‘Sir, with your one bag of money I earned five bags.' ¹⁹ The king said to this servant, ‘You can rule over five cities.' ²⁰ "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.

Bible Verse Review
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Lord: Luke 16:2, 2 Samuel 7:19, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 46:17 - to the year Matthew 25:29 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 14:3
All these kings joined their armies in the Valley of Siddim. (The Valley of Siddim is now the Salt Sea.)

Psalms 107:34
He made the fertile land become salty, because the people living there did such evil things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto him,.... The bystanders;

Lord, he hath ten pounds; which they say either through envy, at his superior gifts, and usefulness; for it is generally the lot of the most eminent and useful servants of Christ to be envied by others; or in surprise, as wondering at the conduct of Christ in giving more to such, who had so much already. The Ethiopic version reads the words by way of interrogation, "hath he not ten pounds?" is not that enough? why should he have more? This verse is left out in Beza's most ancient copy. However, it is rightly put into a parenthesis in our version; for the following verse is strictly connected with Luke 19:24 and contains a reason of what is there ordered.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they said unto him - Those standing around him said.

He hath ... - This was probably an observation made by some of the bystanders, as if surprised at such a decision. “He has already ten pounds. Why take away this one, and add to what he already possesses? Why should his property be increased at the expense of this man, who has but one pound?” The answer to this is given in the following verse; that every one that hath, to him shall be given; every man who is faithful, and improves what God gives him, shall receive much more.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. — This whole verse is omitted by the Codex Bezae, a few others, and some copies of the Itala. It is probably an observation that some person made while our Lord was delivering the parable, with a design to correct him in the distribution: as if he had said, "Why give the mina to that person? he has got ten already; give it to one of those who has fewer."