Luke 8:18
“Take heede therefore how yee heare: for whosoeuer hath, to him shall bee giuen; and whosoeuer hath not, from him shall be taken, euen that which he seemeth to haue.”
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Luke 8:18 Context
16¶ No man when he hath lighted a candle, couereth it with a vessell, or putteth it vnder a bed: but setteth it on a candlesticke, that they which enter in, may see the light. 17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest: neither any thing hid, that shall not be knowen, and come abroad. 18Take heede therefore how yee heare: for whosoeuer hath, to him shall bee giuen; and whosoeuer hath not, from him shall be taken, euen that which he seemeth to haue. 19¶ Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the prease. 20And it was told him by certaine which saide, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
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Other Translations for Luke 8:18
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.
- King James Version
"So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him {more} shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.
- Basic English Bible
Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.
- Darby Bible
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whoever hath, to him shall be given; and whoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
- Webster's Bible
Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."
- Weymouth Bible
Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."
- World English Bible
Therfor se ye, hou ye heren; for it schal be youun to hym that hath, and who euer hath not, also that that he weneth that he haue, schal be takun awei fro hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
`See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 8:18
8:18 The word commonly translated seemeth, wherever it occurs, does not weaken, but greatly strengthens the sense. #Mt 13:12|; Mr 4:25; Lu 19:26.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 8:18
Lu 8:18 Take heed. Mark says, "Take heed 'what' you hear" (Mr 4:24); Luke, "'how' you hear". "What" we hear depends on "how" we hear; i.e., our attention and honesty.