Luke 8:18

New International Reader's Version

So be careful how you listen. Whoever has something will be given more. Whoever has nothing, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.”

Cross References

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that appears to be right. But in the end it leads to death.

Matthew 13:12

Everyone who has this kind of knowledge will be given more knowledge. In fact, they will have very much. If anyone doesn’t have this kind of knowledge, even what little they have will be taken away from them.

Matthew 25:29

Everyone who has will be given more. They will have more than enough. And what about anyone who doesn’t have? Even what they have will be taken away from them.

Mark 13:14

“You will see ‘the hated thing that destroys.’ (Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) It will stand where it does not belong. The reader should understand this. Then those who are in Judea should escape to the mountains.

Luke 19:26

“He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more. But here is what will happen to anyone who has nothing. Even what they have will be taken away from them.

Luke 9:44

“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men.”

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you right away. It was good of you to come. Now we are all here. And God is here with us. We are ready to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

Acts 17:11

The Berean Jews were very glad to receive Paul’s message. They studied the Scriptures carefully every day. They wanted to see if what Paul said was true. So they were more noble than the Thessalonian Jews.

Romans 12:3

God’s grace has been given to me. So here is what I say to every one of you. Don’t think of yourself more highly than you should. Be reasonable when you think about yourself. Keep in mind the faith God has given to each of you.

1 Corinthians 14:37

Suppose anyone thinks they are a prophet. Or suppose they think they have other gifts given by the Holy Spirit. They should agree that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. Suppose some of you think you are wise by the standards of the world. Then you should become “fools” so that you can become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

Those who think they know something still don’t know as they should.

Philippians 3:4

I have many reasons to trust in who I am and what I have done. Someone else may think they have reasons to trust in these things. But I have even more.

Hebrews 2:1

So we must pay the most careful attention to what we have heard. Then we will not drift away from it.