Mark 4:25

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

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WEBBE

For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

BSB

For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

KJV

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

ASV

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

BBE

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

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ὃς hos Who[ever] G3739 γὰρ gar for G1063 ἂν an maybe G302 ἔχει echei has G2192 δοθήσεται dothēsetai it will be given G1325 αὐτῷ autō to him G846 καὶ kai and G2532 ὃς hos he who G3739 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἔχει echei has G2192 καὶ kai even G2532 ὃ ho what G3739 ἔχει echei he has G2192 ἀρθήσεται arthēsetai will be taken away G142 ἀπ ap᾽ from G575 αὐτοῦ.¶ autou him G846

The early church

(non occ.) Again it may be said, that he hath not, who has not truth. But our Lord says that he hath, because he has a lie, for every one whose understanding believes a lie, thinks that he has something.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Or else, He who has the desire and wish to hear and to seek, to him shall be given. But he who has not the desire of hearing divine things, even what he happens to have of the written law is taken from him.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) For sometimes a clever reader by neglecting his mind, deprives himself of wisdom, of which he tastes the sweetness, who, though slow in intellect, works more diligently.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
For he that hath, to him shall be given; that is, he who hath faith shall have virtue, and he who hath obedience to the word, shall also have the understanding of the mystery. Again, he who, on the other hand, has not faith, fails in virtue; and he who has not obedience to the word, shall not have the understanding of it; and if he does not understand, he might as well not have heard.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 21–34

These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in a soul, and it will show itself in a good conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; after that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in its growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!

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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.