Luke 19:16

Myles Coverdale Bible

Then came the first and sayde: Syr, thy pounde hath wonne ten pounde.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’

King James Version (1611)
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

King James Version
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

English Standard Version
The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'

New American Standard Bible
"The first slave appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'

New Century Version
"The first servant came and said, ‘Sir, I earned ten coins with the one you gave me.'

Amplified Bible
"The first one came before him and said, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Legacy Standard Bible
So the first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Berean Standard Bible
The first servant came forward and said, 'Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.'

Contemporary English Version
The first servant came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me I have earned ten times as much."

Complete Jewish Bible
The first one came in and said, ‘Sir, your maneh has earned ten more manim.'

Darby Translation
And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.

Easy-to-Read Version
The first servant came and said, ‘Sir, I earned ten bags of money with the one bag you gave me.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased ten pieces.

George Lamsa Translation
The first one came and said, My lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.

Good News Translation
The first one came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned ten gold coins with the one you gave me.'

Lexham English Bible
So the first arrived, saying, ‘Sir, your mina has made ten minas more!'

Literal Translation
And the first came, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas.

American Standard Version
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

Bible in Basic English
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

Hebrew Names Version
The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

International Standard Version
The first servantservant">[fn] came and said, 'Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

Etheridge Translation
And the first came and said, My lord, thy mani ten minin hath gained.

Murdock Translation
And the first came, and said: My Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces.

English Revised Version
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

World English Bible
The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Weymouth's New Testament
"So the first came and said, "`Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the firste cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath wonne ten besauntis.

Update Bible Version
And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your $1,000 has made $10,000 more.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

New English Translation
So the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

New King James Version
Then came the first, saying, "Master, your mina has earned ten minas.'

New Living Translation
The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount!'

New Life Bible
The first one came and said, ‘Lord, the piece of money you gave me has made ten more pieces of money.'

New Revised Standard
The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the first came near, saying - Lord! thy mina, hath made, ten minas.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Revised Standard Version
The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then came ye fyrst sayinge: Lorde thy pounde hath encreased ten poude.

Young's Literal Translation
`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

Mace New Testament (1729)
the first came and said, Lord, your one pound has gained ten more.

THE MESSAGE
"The first said, ‘Master, I doubled your money.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
The first cowboy said, 'Hey boss. I started your colt, and now you can rope off him, cut cattle, and even throw a little kid up on him if you're of a mind to.'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Now whyle they herkened, he tolde a symilitude also, because he was nye vnto Ierusalem, and because they thought, that the kyngdome of God shulde appeare immediatly. ¹² And he sayde: A certayne noble ma wete in to a farre countre, to receaue hi a kyngdome, and then to come agayne. ¹³ This man called ten of his seruauntes, and delyuered them ten pounde, and sayde vnto them: Occupye, tyll I come agayne. ¹⁴ But his citesyns hated him, and sent a message after him, and sayde: We wil not haue this man to raigne ouer vs. ¹⁵ And it fortuned whan he came agayne, after that he had receaued the kyngdome, he bade call for the seruauntes, vnto whom he had geue his money, yt he might knowe, what euery one had done. ¹⁶ Then came the first and sayde: Syr, thy pounde hath wonne ten pounde. ¹⁷ And he sayde vnto him: Well thou good seruaut, for so moch as thou hast bene faithfull in the least, thou shalt haue auctorite ouer ten cities. ¹⁸ The seconde came also, and sayde: Syr, thy pounde hath wonne fyue pounde. ¹⁹ And to him he sayde: And thou shalt be ouer fyue cities. ²⁰ And ye thirde came, and sayde: Lo syr, here is thy pounde, which I haue kepte in a napkyn.

Bible Verse Review
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Lord: 1 Chronicles 29:14-16, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Colossians 1:28, Colossians 1:29, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, James 2:18-26

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:42 - a gold chain 1 Chronicles 29:16 - all this store Matthew 25:20 - behold 2 Corinthians 9:6 - He which soweth sparingly

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they wente to rest, the men of the cite of Sodome came and compased the house rounde aboute, yonge and olde, all the people from all quarters,

Genesis 19:5
and called Lot, and sayde vnto him: Where are the me that came vnto the to night? Bringe them out here vnto vs, that we maye knowe them.

Genesis 19:8
Beholde, I haue two doughters, which yet haue knowne no man: them will I brynge out vnto you, do with them as it liketh you. Onely do nothinge vnto these men of God, for therfore are they come vnder the shadowe of my rofe.

Genesis 19:10
the men put out their hondes, and pulled Lot vnto them in to the house, and shut to the dore.

Genesis 19:15
Now whan the mornynge arose, the angels caused Lot to spede him, and sayde: Stonde vp, take thy wife & thy two doughters which are at hande, that thou also perishe not in the synne of this cite.

Genesis 19:16
But whyle he prolonged the tyme, the men caught him and his wife, and his two doughters by the hande (because the LORDE was mercifull vnto him,) and brought him forth, & set him without the cite.

Genesis 19:18
Then sayde Lot vnto the: Oh no my LORDE,

Genesis 19:19
beholde, in as moch as thy seruaut hath founde grace in thy sight, now make ye mercy greate, which thou hast shewed vnto me, in that thou sauest my soule alyue. I can not saue my self vpon the mountayne. There might some mysfortune fall vpon me, that I shulde dye.

Genesis 19:35
So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also: And the yonger arose like wyse, and laye with him: & he perceaued it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when she rose vp.

Genesis 19:36
Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the first,.... Who were set in the first place in the church, the apostles of Christ, and who had the greatest gifts, and laboured more abundantly, and were eminently useful; such an one was the Apostle Paul:

saying, Lord; acknowledging the sovereignty and dominion of Christ over them, owning they were accountable to him, and that he had a right to inquire, what use they had made of their gifts, and what advantages these had produced;

thy pound hath gained ten pounds; it had been increased tenfold; or it has turned to a tenfold account, in the conversion of sinners, in the edification of the saints, and in the advancement of the kingdom, and interest of Christ. This servant owns, that the gifts he had were Christ's; he calls them, "thy pound"; and therefore did not glory in them as his own attainments, or, as if he had received them not; and ascribes the great increase, not to himself, but to the pound itself; to the gifts of Christ, as they were his, and as used by his grace and strength, and as blessed, and owned by him, to these purposes.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 19:16. Lord, thy pound hath gained ten — The principal difference between this parable and that of the talents above referred to is, that the mina given to each seems to point out the gift of the Gospel, which is the same to all who hear it; but the talents distributed in different proportions, according to each man's ability, seem to intimate that God has given different capacities and advantages to men, by which this one gift of the Gospel may be differently improved.