Luke 8:18

Luke 8:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”

Context of Luke 8:18

16"No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away." 19Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you."

Luke 8:18 word by word

Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκούετε· ὃς ἂν γὰρ ἔχῃ, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ὃς ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ, καὶ ὃ δοκεῖ ἔχειν ἀρθήσεται ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Take heedβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• ye hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whosoeverἄνan · ifG302
• hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• to himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• shall be givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• notμήmē · notG3361
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• shall be takenαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• which he seemethδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380

Cross-references for Luke 8:18

• Luke 9:44"Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men."
• Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.
• Proverbs 2:2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
• Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
• Mark 13:14"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
• Acts 10:33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."
• Acts 17:11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
• Hebrews 2:1Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
• James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
• 1 Peter 2:1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
• Luke 19:26'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
• Matthew 13:12For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
• Matthew 25:29For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
• Mark 4:25For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
• John 15:2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

Commentaries on Luke 8:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Even that which he seemeth to have - Or rather, even what he hath. ̔ , rendered by our common version, what he seemeth to have, seems to me to contradict itself. Let us examine this subject a little. To seem to have a thing, is only to have it in appearance, and not in reality; but what is possessed in appearance only can only be taken away in appearance; therefore on the one side there is no gain, and on the other side no loss. On this ground, the text…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-18Verses 16-18 See the notes at Mark 4:21-25.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen: Compare with Proverbs 9:9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. how ye--in Mr 4:24, "what ye hear." The one implies the other. The precept is very weighty. seemeth to have--or, "thinketh that he hath" (Margin). The "having" of Mt 13:12 (on which see), and this "thinking he hath," are not different. Hanging loosely on him, and not appropriated, it is and is not his. (See on Mt 12:46-50). (See on Mt 8:23-27, and Mr 4:35-41).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings