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Good News Translation

Luke 19:18

The second servant came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned five gold coins with the one you gave me.'

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;   Servants;  

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;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pound;   Zacchaeus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Flagon;   Issachar;   Jerusalem;   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;   Gain;   Money (2);   Numbers (2);   Pound ;   Property (2);   Readiness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Selfishness;   Sir ;   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 - Gain;   Herod;   Millennium: Premillennial View;   Pound;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
King James Version (1611)
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained fiue pounds.
King James Version
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
English Standard Version
And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.'
New American Standard Bible
"The second one came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
New Century Version
"The second servant said, ‘Sir, I earned five coins with your one.'
Amplified Bible
"The second one came and said, 'Lord, your mina has made five minas.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
Berean Standard Bible
The second servant came and said, 'Master, your mina has made five minas.'
Contemporary English Version
The second one came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me, I have earned five times as much."
Complete Jewish Bible
The second one came and said, ‘Sir, your maneh has earned five more manim;
Darby Translation
And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The second servant said, ‘Sir, with your one bag of money I earned five bags.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased fiue pieces.
George Lamsa Translation
And the second came and said, My lord, your pound has gained five pounds.
Lexham English Bible
And the second came, saying, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.'
Literal Translation
And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina has made five minas.
American Standard Version
And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.
Bible in Basic English
And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.
Hebrew Names Version
"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
International Standard Version
"The second servantservant">[fn] came and said, 'Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'
Etheridge Translation
And the second came and said, My lord, thy mani five minin hath made.
Murdock Translation
And the second came, and said: My lord, thy pound hath produced five pounds.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces.
English Revised Version
And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.
World English Bible
"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Weymouth's New Testament
"The second came, and said, "`Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the tother cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue besauntis.
Update Bible Version
And the second came, saying, Your $1,000, Lord, has made $5,000.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
New English Translation
Then the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.'
New King James Version
And the second came, saying, "Master, your mina has earned five minas.'
New Living Translation
"The next servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made five times the original amount.'
New Life Bible
"The second man came to him and said, ‘Lord, the piece of money you gave me has made five more pieces of money.'
New Revised Standard
Then the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the second came, saying - Thy mina, lord, hath made five minas.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Revised Standard Version
And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your pound has made five pounds.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the other came sayinge: Lorde thy poude hath encreased fyve pounde.
Young's Literal Translation
`And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The seconde came also, and sayde: Syr, thy pounde hath wonne fyue pounde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then the second came, and said, Lord, your pound has produc'd five more.
THE MESSAGE
"The second said, ‘Master, I made a fifty percent profit on your money.'
Simplified Cowboy Version
"The next cowboy said, 'Here you go boss. I've started your colt, and you can drag calves off of him. He's moving real good off your feet, too.'

Contextual Overview

11 While the people were listening to this, Jesus continued and told them a parable. He was now almost at Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was just about to appear. 12 So he said, "There was once a man of high rank who was going to a country far away to be made king, after which he planned to come back home. 13 Before he left, he called his ten servants and gave them each a gold coin and told them, ‘See what you can earn with this while I am gone.' 14 Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.' 15 "The man was made king and came back. At once he ordered his servants to appear before him, in order to find out how much they had earned. 16 The first one came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned ten gold coins with the one you gave me.' 17 ‘Well done,' he said; ‘you are a good servant! Since you were faithful in small matters, I will put you in charge of ten cities.' 18 The second servant came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned five gold coins with the one you gave me.' 19 To this one he said, ‘You will be in charge of five cities.' 20 Another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it hidden in a handkerchief.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy: Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:20, 2 Corinthians 8:12

Reciprocal: Matthew 25:22 - I have

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside and closed the door behind him.
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who are still virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want with them. But don't do anything to these men; they are guests in my house, and I must protect them."
Genesis 19:11
Then they struck all the men outside with blindness, so that they couldn't find the door.
Genesis 19:12
The two men said to Lot, "If you have anyone else here—sons, daughters, sons-in-law, or any other relatives living in the city—get them out of here,
Genesis 32:26
The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.
Isaiah 45:11
The Lord , the holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future, says: "You have no right to question me about my children or to tell me what I ought to do!
Acts 9:13
Ananias answered, "Lord, many people have told me about this man and about all the terrible things he has done to your people in Jerusalem.
Acts 10:14
But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the second came,.... He who was next, though less useful, yet equally diligent and active:

saying, Lord; acknowledging also the power and authority of Christ over him:

thy pound hath gained five pounds; is increased fivefold, or is turned to a fivefold account, to the interest of Christ, and good of immortal souls: the usefulness of the ministers of the Gospel is not alike; as they have gifts different one from another, so their improvements are different, and their labours, though faithful, do not turn to the same account,

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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