Luke 19:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.’

More versions

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.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 19:16 Cross References

Luke 19:13

Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Trade with these till I come.’

Luke 19:15

When he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

Luke 19:17

And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

1 Corinthians 15:10

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