Luke 19:13
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
KJV
καλέσας δὲ δέκα δούλους ἑαυτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς δέκα μνᾶς, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· πραγματεύσασθε ἐν ᾧ ἔρχομαι.
Greek NT
Vocatis autem decem servis suis, dedit eis decem mnas, et ait ad illos : Negotiamini dum venio.
Vulgate
And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.
ASV
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέκα
deka
adjective · 25×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μνᾶ
mna
noun · 9×
πραγματεύομαι
pragmateuomai
verb · 1×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Πραγματεύσασθε | Treg/NIV/RP: Πραγματεύσασθε | WH: πραγματεύσασθαι
- Πραγματεύσασθε — SBLGNT
- Πραγματεύσασθε — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- πραγματεύσασθαι — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐν ᾧ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν ᾧ | RP: ἕως
- ἐν ᾧ — SBLGNT
- ἐν ᾧ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἕως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
- 1Cor 12:7 — But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
- 1Cor 12:28 — And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
- 2Pet 1:1 — Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
- 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
- Gal 1:10 — For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
- Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
- Luke 16:12 — And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
- Matt 25:14 — For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
- Rom 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;