Luke 8:18 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁸ Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, [more] shall be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Be careful therefore how you listen. For to him who has [spiritual knowledge] will more be given; and from him who does not have [spiritual knowledge], even what he thinks and guesses and supposes that he has will be taken away.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Therefore, listen carefully. Those who have will receive more, but as for those who don’t have, even what they seem to have will be taken away from them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Therefore, take care how you listen. For whoever has, it will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath, shall be taken away from him.

Luke 8:18 Cross References

Matthew 13:12

For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has, [more] shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but to him who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

Mark 13:14

"So whenever you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where he must not"-he who reads, let him understand-"then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Luke 19:26

For I say to you that to everyone who has, [more] shall be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

Luke 9:44

Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

John 15:2

Every branch in Me which does not bear fruit He takes away; and every [branch] which bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

Acts 10:33

"Therefore immediately I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now then we are all present before God, to hear all the things having been commanded you by God."

Acts 17:11

And these were more noble-minded than[ ]those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all readiness, each day examining the Scriptures [to see ]whether these things might be so.

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself too highly, beyond what you should think, but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one a measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 14:37

If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or [is] spiritual[,] let him recognize that the things which I am writing to you are the commandments of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know.

Philippians 3:4

although I also [am] having confidence in the flesh. If any other [person] thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I even more:

Hebrews 2:1

On account of this we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.