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Luke 8:18

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8:18So listen carefully,59 for whoever has will be given more, but60 whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has61 will be taken from him.”

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  1. 59 Or “Therefore pay close attention”; Grk “Take heed therefore how you hear.”
  2. 60 Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
  3. 61 The phrase what he thinks he has is important, because it is not what a person thinks he has that is important but whether he actually has something or not. Jesus describes the person who does not heed his word as having nothing. The person who has nothing loses even that which he thought was something but was not. In other words, he has absolutely nothing at all. Jesus’ teaching must be taken seriously.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him more will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away from him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.