Luke Chapter 19 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 19:16

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.
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BBE Luke 19:16

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.
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DARBY Luke 19:16

And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.
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KJV Luke 19:16

Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
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WBT Luke 19:16


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WEB Luke 19:16

The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
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YLT Luke 19:16

`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Thy pound. At first the smallness of the sum given to each of the servants is striking. Was it not a sum unworthy of a noble about to receive a kingdom? The Attic pound was in value somewhat less than £4 sterling. In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), where although very different lessons are inculcated, yet the imagery is somewhat similar, the amounts, however, are vastly larger, varying from five talents, which would represent about £1000. Here the very smallness of the sum entrusted to the servants has its deep meaning. The "nobly born" one who is about to receive a kingdom, represents our Lord, who here is in a state of the deepest poverty and humiliation. The little sum In one sense represents the work he was able then to entrust to his own. Again, the paltriness of the sum given them seems to suggest what a future lay before them. No sharing in what they hoped for - the glories of a Messianic kingdom on earth. No rest in repose under the shadow of the mighty throne of King Messiah. The "very little" (ver. 17) told them - if they would only listen - that their future as his servants would be a life of comparatively obscure inglorious activity, without rank or power, landless, homeless, well-nigh friendless. But the sequel of the parable told more than this. It proclaimed that their Master was able to estimate the moral worth of those who had been faithful and true in a "very little;" ay, more, was in a position to reward the faithful servant. And the recompense, a city for a pound, just hints at the magnificent possibilities of the heaven-life, just suggests the splendour of its rewards.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Thy pound hath gained ten pounds.--The increase is on a larger scale than in the parable in Matthew 25. There each of the faithful servants gains as much again as he had received. Here the gain is tenfold (1,000 per cent.). Adopting the view which has been taken of the distinctive ideas of the two parables, it may be said that what is suggested is the almost boundless opening for good acquired by the simple acceptance of the truth, apart from the opportunities offered by special gifts and functions. So interpreted, the several grades of increase correspond to the thirty, sixty, and hundredfold in the parable of the Sower. (See Note on Matthew 13:23.)