Luke 8:18
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
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ASV
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.
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.
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Commentary
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Βλέπετε | Blepete | do take heed | G991 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| πῶς | pōs | how | G4459 → |
| ἀκούετε· | akouete | you hear; | G191 → |
| ὃς | hos | who[ever] | G3739 → |
| ἂν | an | maybe | G302 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ἔχῃ, | echē | shall have, | G2192 → |
| δοθήσεται | dothēsetai | will be given | G1325 → |
| αὐτῷ, | autō | to him, | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὃς | hos | who[ever] | G3739 → |
| ἂν | an | maybe | G302 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ἔχῃ, | echē | shall have, | G2192 → |
| καὶ | kai | even | G2532 → |
| ὃ | ho | what | G3739 → |
| δοκεῖ | dokei | he seems | G1380 → |
| ἔχειν | echein | to have | G2192 → |
| ἀρθήσεται | arthēsetai | it will be taken away | G142 → |
| ἀπ᾽ | ap᾽ | from | G575 → |
| αὐτοῦ.¶ | autou | him. | G846 → |
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