Luke 8:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

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  • Matt 13:12 : 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • Matt 25:29 : 29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • Luke 19:26 : 26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • John 15:2 : 2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
  • Luke 9:44 : 44 Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
  • 1 Cor 8:2 : 2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
  • 1 Cor 13:1-3 : 1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
  • Phil 3:4 : 4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
  • Jas 1:19-26 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry; 20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man. 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation. 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts. 26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk, 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
  • Luke 16:2-4 : 2 And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property. 3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets. 4 I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
  • Rom 12:3 : 3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.
  • Mark 4:23-25 : 23 If any man has ears, let him give ear. 24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you. 25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.
  • Mark 13:14 : 14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:
  • Deut 32:46-47 : 46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law. 47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
  • Prov 2:2-5 : 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 4:23-25
    3 verses
    89%

    23 If any man has ears, let him give ear.

    24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.

    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

  • Matt 13:11-14
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    11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

    12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

    13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Luke 19:26
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    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 25:28-29
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    28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

    29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 13:9
    79%

    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Mark 4:9
    78%

    9 And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 11:15
    77%

    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 8:17
    77%

    17 For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

  • Mark 7:16
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  • Luke 8:8-15
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    8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

    10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

    11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

    12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

    13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

    14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

    15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    73%

    11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

  • Rev 13:9
    73%

    9 If any man has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 16:11-12
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    11 If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

    12 And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

  • Matt 13:22-23
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    22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

    23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

  • Mark 8:18
    72%

    18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

  • Luke 6:38
    72%

    38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

  • Luke 12:48
    72%

    48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    71%

    15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 19:24
    71%

    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

  • Mark 4:18
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    18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    71%

    2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

    3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

  • Luke 11:28
    71%

    28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Luke 6:47
    70%

    47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

  • Luke 14:33
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    33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:35
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    35 It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 13:43
    70%

    43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Heb 2:1
    70%

    1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

  • Matt 25:18
    70%

    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.