Luke 19:20 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:20

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

KJV

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A napkin - A towel. He means by it that he had not wasted it nor thrown it by carelessly, but had been “very careful” of it; so much so as to be at the pains to tie it up in a towel and put it in a safe place, as if he had been “very faithful” to his trust. So many people employ their talents, their learning, their property, their influence.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is all one to them whether the interests of Christ's kingdom sink or swim, go backward or forward; for their parts, they will take no care about it, no pains, be at no expenses, run no hazard. Those are the servants that lay up their pound in a napkin who think it enough to say that they have done no hurt in the world, but did no good.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἕτερος	heteros	another	G2087 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
κύριε,	kurie	lord,	G2962 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
μνᾶ	mna	mina	G3414 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
εἶχον	eichon	I was keeping	G2192 →
ἀποκειμένην	apokeimenēn	lying	G606 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
σουδαρίῳ·	soudariō	a piece of cloth;	G4676 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
leads to
- John 9:41
  “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 15:22
  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- 2 Peter 2:21
  It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
- Luke 12:47–48
  That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
Through
Luke 19:13
Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
leads to
- Matthew 25:14–15
  For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- John 12:26
  If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- 1 Corinthians 12:7–11
  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.