Luke 19:16

New Living Translation

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

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 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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the first and sayde: Syr, thy pounde hath wonne ten pounde.

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 The crowd was listening to everything Jesus said. And because he was nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away. ¹² He said, "A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return. ¹³ Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying, ‘Invest this for me while I am gone.' ¹⁴ But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want him to be our king.' ¹⁵ "After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what their profits were. ¹⁶ The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount!' ¹⁷ "‘Well done!' the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.' ¹⁸ "The next servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made five times the original amount.' ¹⁹ "‘Well done!' the king said. ‘You will be governor over five cities.' ²⁰ "But the third servant brought back only the original amount of money and said, ‘Master, I hid your money and kept it safe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.

Genesis 19:5
They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"

Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection."

Genesis 19:10
But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.

Genesis 19:15
At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. "Hurry," they said to Lot. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!"

Genesis 19:16
When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.

Genesis 19:18
"Oh no, my lord!" Lot begged.

Genesis 19:19
"You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.

Genesis 19:35
So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

Genesis 19:36
As a result, both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own 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.