Matthew 13:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

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  • Luke 8:18 : 18 So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”
  • Matt 25:29 : 29 For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place– that is, if you do not repent.
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot! 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!
  • Mark 4:24-25 : 24 And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you. 25 For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”
  • Mark 12:9 : 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
  • Isa 5:4-7 : 4 What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead? 5 Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there. 6 I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it. 7 Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!
  • Matt 21:43 : 43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  • Luke 9:26 : 26 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
  • Luke 19:24-26 : 24 And he said to his attendants,‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’ 25 But they said to him,‘Sir, he has ten minas already!’ 26 ‘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.
  • John 15:2-5 : 2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit. 3 You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

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  • Mark 4:23-25
    3 verses
    92%

    23 If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

    24 And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

    25 For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • Matt 25:28-30
    3 verses
    90%

    28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

    29 For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

    30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  • Luke 19:26
    89%

    26 ‘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.

  • Luke 8:18
    87%

    18 So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

  • Matt 13:11
    81%

    11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

  • Luke 16:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

    12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?

  • Luke 12:15-18
    4 verses
    75%

    15 Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

    16 He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

    17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

    18 Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

  • Luke 8:10
    75%

    10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

  • Luke 12:48
    75%

    48 But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

  • Matt 13:9
    74%

    9 The one who has ears had better listen!”

  • Luke 19:24
    74%

    24 And he said to his attendants,‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’

  • Luke 6:38
    74%

    38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

  • Prov 11:24
    74%

    24 One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Mark 4:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

    12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • Matt 25:17
    73%

    17 In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

  • Matt 11:15
    73%

    15 The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Prov 13:7
    73%

    7 There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    72%

    6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Mark 4:9
    72%

    9 And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • Luke 12:21
    72%

    21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Luke 14:33
    72%

    33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Matt 21:43
    72%

    43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

  • Matt 20:14
    72%

    14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

  • Prov 28:27
    72%

    27 The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Luke 18:30
    72%

    30 who will not receive many times more in this age– and in the age to come, eternal life.”

  • Matt 25:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 The Parable of the Talents“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

    15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

  • Matt 13:43
    71%

    43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Matt 24:47
    71%

    47 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Luke 12:44
    71%

    44 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Luke 12:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

    34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  • Prov 22:9
    71%

    9 A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Matt 13:19
    71%

    19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

  • Matt 13:52
    71%

    52 Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

  • Ps 37:22
    71%

    22 Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • 2 Cor 8:15
    71%

    15 as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

  • Matt 13:16
    71%

    16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

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