So, he called his property manager in and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in a [full] report of [all] your financial transactions, for you are not working for me anymore.’
Luke 19:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But the people said to him, ‘Master, he [already] has ten times as much money [as you gave him].’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas [already]! American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. Common English Bible ‘But Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten times as much!’ Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten pounds.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds. |
So, he called his property manager in and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in a [full] report of [all] your financial transactions, for you are not working for me anymore.’
Then he said to those who were standing around, ‘Take the sum of money away from him and give it to the one who made ten times as much [with the original sum].’
[So the gentleman concluded], ‘I tell you, to every person who [already] has something, [more] will be given, but from that person who has [almost] nothing, even what [little] he has will be taken away from him.