Luke 19:20

THE MESSAGE

"The next servant said, ‘Master, here's your money safe and sound. I kept it hidden in the cellar. To tell you the truth, I was a little afraid. I know you have high standards and hate sloppiness, and don't suffer fools gladly.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth

King James Version (1611)
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound which I haue kept layd vp in a napkin:

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

English Standard Version
Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

New American Standard Bible
"And then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief;

New Century Version
"Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your coin which I wrapped in a piece of cloth and hid.

Amplified Bible
"Then another came and said, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief [for safekeeping].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a cloth;

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

Contemporary English Version
Another servant came and said, "Sir, here is your money. I kept it safe in a handkerchief.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Then another one came and said, ‘Sir, here is your maneh. I kept it hidden in a piece of cloth,

Darby Translation
And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Then another servant came in and said to the king, ‘Sir, here is your bag of money. I wrapped it in a piece of cloth and hid it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the other came, & sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin:

George Lamsa Translation
And another one came and said, My lord, here is your pound which was with me, which I kept laid up in a purse.

Good News Translation
Another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it hidden in a handkerchief.

Lexham English Bible
And another came, saying, ‘Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

Literal Translation
And another came, saying, Lord, behold your mina which I have stored up in a face-cloth.

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

Bible in Basic English
And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

Hebrew Names Version
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

International Standard Version
"Then the other servantservant">[fn] came and said, 'Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

Etheridge Translation
And the other came and said, My lord, behold thy mani which I have had with me, laid up in a napkin.

Murdock Translation
And another came, and said: My lord, lo, this is thy pound, which hath been with me, laid up in fine linen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin.

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

World English Bible
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And another came saying, Lord, behold thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

Weymouth's New Testament
"The next came. "`Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the thridde cam, and seide, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, that Y hadde, put vp in a sudarie.

Update Bible Version
And another came, saying, Lord, look, [here is] your $1,000, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

Webster's Bible Translation
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

New English Translation
Then another slave came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

New King James Version
"Then another came, saying, "Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

New Living Translation
"But the third servant brought back only the original amount of money and said, ‘Master, I hid your money and kept it safe.

New Life Bible
"Another one came saying, ‘Lord, look! Here is your piece of money. I have kept it hid in a piece of cloth.

New Revised Standard
Then the other came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the other, came, saying - Lord, lo! thy mina, which I kept lying by in a napkin;

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

Revised Standard Version
Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the thyrde came and sayde: Lorde beholde here thy pounde which I have kepte in a napkyn

Young's Literal Translation
`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye thirde came, and sayde: Lo syr, here is thy pounde, which I haue kepte in a napkyn.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but another came and said, Lord, here's your money, which I laid up safe in a napkin.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"But the third cowboy walked up with his horse and handed it back to the ranch manager. The cowboy said, 'I kept him safe for you. I was afraid to do anything with him for fear he'd get hurt, and you'd get mad.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ While he had their attention, and because they were getting close to Jerusalem by this time and expectation was building that God's kingdom would appear any minute, he told this story: ¹²"There was once a man descended from a royal house who needed to make a long trip back to headquarters to get authorization for his rule and then return. But first he called ten servants together, gave them each a sum of money, and instructed them, ‘Operate with this until I return.' ¹⁴ "But the citizens there hated him. So they sent a commission with a signed petition to oppose his rule: ‘We don't want this man to rule us.' ¹⁵ "When he came back bringing the authorization of his rule, he called those ten servants to whom he had given the money to find out how they had done. ¹⁶ "The first said, ‘Master, I doubled your money.' ¹⁷ "He said, ‘Good servant! Great work! Because you've been trustworthy in this small job, I'm making you governor of ten towns.' ¹⁸ "The second said, ‘Master, I made a fifty percent profit on your money.' ¹⁹ "He said, ‘I'm putting you in charge of five towns.' ²⁰"The next servant said, ‘Master, here's your money safe and sound. I kept it hidden in the cellar. To tell you the truth, I was a little afraid. I know you have high standards and hate sloppiness, and don't suffer fools gladly.' ²²"He said, ‘You're right that I don't suffer fools gladly—and you've acted the fool! Why didn't you at least invest the money in securities so I would have gotten a little interest on it?'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Luke 19:13, Luke 3:9, Luke 6:46, Proverbs 26:13-16, Matthew 25:24, James 4:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 25:18 - and hid Luke 16:1 - wasted Luke 19:37 - at

Cross-References

Genesis 19:30
Lot left Zoar and went into the mountains to live with his two daughters; he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And another came,.... Who was one of the servants; had a gift, but did not use, and improve it, nor did it turn to any account:

saying, Lord; owning also the lordship and dominion of Christ, as all will confess at the last day, even those who have no interest in him, and cannot call him their Lord;

behold, [here is] thy pound; he owns his gifts were the Lord's, and that he had received them from him, and now returns them:

which I have kept; he had kept that which was committed to him, and that even till his Lord came; he had not lost it, though it was not increased, or was of any advantage to Christ, or the souls of men, it being neglected by him; for it was

laid up in a napkin: the Greek word, here used for a napkin, is adopted by the Jews into their language, and is used for a veil and for a linen cloth: this puts me in mind of what the Jews call,

קנין סודר "possession by a napkin", or linen cloth: their custom is this; when they buy, or sell any thing, to use a piece of cloth they call "sudar", the word in the text, which the contractors lay hold upon, whereby they ratify and confirm the bargain m: but this man made no use of his "sudar", or napkin, in buying and selling; he traded not at all; he wrapped up his money in it, and both lay useless; his gift lay dormant and unexercised, which was given him to profit withal.

m Elias in Tisbbi in voce קנין.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. They “have” them; they “keep” them; but they never “use” them in the service of the Lord Jesus; and, in regard to their influence on the church or the world, it would be the same if God had never conferred on them these talents.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 19:20. Lord, behold, here is thy pound] See Matthew 25:18.