Luke 19:26

‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

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WEBBE

‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

BSB

He replied, ‘ I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

KJV

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

ASV

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

BBE

And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

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λέγω legō I say G3004 γὰρ gar for G1063 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 ὅτι hoti that G3754 παντὶ panti to everyone G3956 τῷ tō who G3588 ἔχοντι echonti is having G2192 δοθήσεται dothēsetai will be given G1325 ἀπὸ apo from G575 δὲ de however G1161 τοῦ tou the [one] G3588 μὴ mē not G3361 ἔχοντος echontos having G2192 καὶ kai even G2532 ὃ ho that which G3739 ἔχει echei he has G2192 ἀρθήσεται arthēsetai will be taken away G142 ἀπ ap᾽ from G575 αὐτοῦ.¶ autou of him G846

The early church

(de Quæst. Ev. l. ii. qu. 46.) Signifying thereby that both he will lose the gift of God, who having, hath not, that is, useth it not, and that he will have it increased, who having, hath, that is, rightly useth it.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But from the slothful and idle, who stirs not himself to increase what he has received, shall be taken away even that which he possesses, that there may be no gap in the Lord's account when it is given to others and multiplied. But this is not to be applied only to the words of God and teaching, but also to the moral virtues; for in respect of these also, God sends us His gracious gifts, endowing one man with fasting, another with prayer, another with mildness or humility; but all these so long as we watch strictly over ourselves we shall multiply, but if we grow cold we shall extinguish.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Nothing is said of the other servants, who like wasteful debtors lost all that they had received. By those two servants who gained by trading, are signified that small number, who in two companies were sent as dressers of the vineyard; by the remainder all the Jews. It follows, And they said unto him, Lord, he has ten pounds. And lest this should seem unjust, it is added, For to every one that hath, it shall be given.
Ambrose of Milan · d. 397Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–27

This parable is like that of the talents, Mt 25. Those that are called to Christ, he furnishes with gifts needful for their business; and from those to whom he gives power, he expects service. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal, 1Co 12:7. And as every one has received the gift, so let him minister the same, 1Pe 4:10. The account required, resembles that in the parable of the talents; and the punishment of the avowed enemies of Christ, as well as of false professors, is shown. The principal difference is, that the pound 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 more or less, seem to mean that God gives different capacities and advantages to men, by which this one gift of the gospel may be differently improved.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.