◄ Luke 19:16 ►
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Good News Translation
The first one came and said, 'Sir, I have earned ten gold coins with the one you gave me.'

New Revised Standard Version
The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’

Contemporary English Version
The first servant came and said, "Sir, with the money you gave me I have earned ten times as much."

New American Bible
The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:14-16 Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me:

Colossians 1:28,29 Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. . . .

2 Timothy 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith. . . .

James 2:18-26 But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Ten Minas
…15And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading, 16And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.…
Cross References
Luke 19:13
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.

Luke 19:15
And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading,

Luke 19:17
And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

Luke 19:15
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