Luke 19:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The first one came before him, and he said, Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The first servant came forward and said, ‘Your money has earned a return of one thousand percent.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Now the first approached, saying: 'Lord, your one pound has earned ten pounds.'

Luke 19:16 Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

Luke 19:13

He summoned ten of his slaves and gave them ten pounds and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

Luke 19:15

When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by doing business.

Luke 19:17

He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’