Luke 8:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

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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

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Matthew 13:12

For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 25:29

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Mark 13:14

“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

Luke 19:26

‘I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Luke 9:44

“Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.”

John 15:2

Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Acts 10:33

So I sent to you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith which God has assigned him.

1 Corinthians 14:37

If any one thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

Philippians 3:4

Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If any other man thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.