“ He replied,‘ I tell you that everyone who has will be given more. But here is what will happen to anyone who has nothing. Even what they have will be taken away from them.

主人说：‘我告诉你们，凡有的，还要加给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。

主人说：‘我告诉你们，凡有的，还要给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。

主人说：‘我告诉你们，凡有的，还要给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。

“主人答道，‘我告诉你们，凡有的，还要给他更多；凡没有的，连他仅有的也要夺走。

主人说：‘我告诉你们，凡是有的，还要给他；没有的，就算他有什么也要拿去。

“我告诉你们：凡是有的，还要赐给他；那没有的，连他有的也将从他那里被拿走。

主人說：『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要加給他；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。

主人說：『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要給他；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。

主人說：『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要給他；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。

「主人答道，『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要給他更多；凡沒有的，連他僅有的也要奪走。

主人說：‘我告訴你們，凡是有的，還要給他；沒有的，就算他有甚麼也要拿去。

「我告訴你們，凡有的、還要給他；沒有的、連他所有的、也要給奪去。

「我告訴你們：凡是有的，還要賜給他；那沒有的，連他有的也將從他那裡被拿走。

曰我語汝、凡有者、將予之、無者、並其所有亦奪之、

曰、吾語汝、有者將予之、無者並其所有亦奪之、

曰、我誠告爾、凡有者將予之、無有者、並其所有、亦必奪之、

主曰：「故予語爾、有得者當更益之、而無得者、並其所有而奪之矣。

“ He replied,‘ I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

‘ 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.

“‘ Yes,’ the king replied,‘ and to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.

“‘ I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

‘ I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

‘ For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

“‘ I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

‘ I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

‘ For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

Everyone who has this kind of knowledge will be given more knowledge. In fact, they will have very much. If anyone doesn’t have this kind of knowledge, even what little they have will be taken away from them.

So be careful how you listen. Whoever has something will be given more. Whoever has nothing, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.”

“ Then his master commanded the other slaves,‘ Take the bag of gold from him. Give it to the one who has ten bags.Everyone who has will be given more. They will have more than enough. And what about anyone who doesn’t have? Even what they have will be taken away from them.

Whoever has something will be given more. Whoever has nothing, even what they have will be taken away from them.”

“ The Lord is the God of Israel. He announced,‘ I promised that members of your family line would serve me as priests forever.’ But now the Lord announces,‘ I will not let that happen! I will honor those who honor me. But I will turn away from those who look down on me.

“ So here is what I tell you. The kingdom of God will be taken away from you. It will be given to people who will produce its fruit.

Samuel said to Saul,“ The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today. He has given it to one of your neighbors. He has given it to someone better than you.

“ The manager said to himself,‘ What will I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig. And I’m too ashamed to beg.

‘ I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have. Then no one will take away your crown.

I took my love away from Saul. I removed him from being king. You were there when I did it. But I will never take my love away from your son.

You have been faithful and have put up with a lot of trouble because of me. You have not given up.

Peter said,“ Here is what is written in the Book of Psalms. It says,“‘ May his home be deserted. May no one live in it.’( Psalm 69:25) The Psalms also say,“‘ Let someone else take his place as leader.’( Psalm 109:8)

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts.In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate is a pool. In the Aramaic language it is called Bethesda. It is surrounded by five rows of columns with a roof over them.Here a great number of disabled people used to lie down. Among them were those who were blind, those who could not walk, and those who could hardly move.

May their days be few. Let others take their places as leaders.

But these Levites served the people of Israel. They served while the Israelites were worshiping the statues of their gods. They made the people fall into sin. So I raised my hand and made a promise. I warned them that I would punish them because of their sin,” announces the Lord and King.“ They must not approach me to serve me as priests. They must not come near any of my holy things. They must stay away from my very holy offerings. They did many things they should have been ashamed of. I hated those things.But I will still appoint them to guard the temple. They will guard it for all the work that has to be done there.“ But the priests must approach me to serve me. They are Levites from Zadok’s family line. They guarded my temple when the people of Israel turned away from me. These priests must serve me by offering sacrifices of fat and blood,” announces the Lord and King.“ They are the only ones who can enter my temple. Only they can come near to serve me as guards.