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Soοὖνtake careβλέπετεhowπῶςyou listen;ἀκούετεforγὰρwhoeverὃς ἂνhas,ἔχῃit will be givenδοθήσεταιto him;αὐτῷandκαὶwhoeverὃς ἂνdoes notμὴhave,ἔχῃevenκαὶwhatὃhe thinksδοκεῖhe hasἔχεινwill be taken awayἀρθήσεταιfromἀπ’him.”αὐτοῦ
Luke 8:18
Study it in the app“So take care how you listen; for whoever has, it will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 8:18, word by word
- take careβλέπετεblepete
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “blepete” appears- you listenἀκούετεakouete
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouete” appears- hasἔχῃechēi
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēi” appears- it will be givenδοθήσεταιdothēsetai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dothēsetai” appears- he thinksδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- will be taken awayἀρθήσεταιarthēsetai
take away
To take something or someone away from its place.
Where else “arthēsetai” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The lamp under the basket
Matthew 5:14-16Mark 4:21-23Luke 11:33
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Luke 8:16-18
16And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. 17For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will never be known and come into the open. 18So take care how you listen; for whoever has, it will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
14You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. 15Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
21And he was saying to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under the basket or under the bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand? 22For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor has anything been secret but that it might come into the open. 23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
33No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under the basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
The context
17For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will never be known and come into the open.
18 · This verse (above)
19And his mother and brothers came to him, and they could not reach him because of the crowd.
To study Luke 8 in a group
1. What it says
In the parable of the sower, on what four kinds of ground does the seed fall, and what happens in each? (vv. 5-8)
2. What it means
Jesus explains that the seed is the word of God (v. 11). What makes some people receive it well and others not? (vv. 12-15)
3. How I live it
Jesus told the healed man, “Tell how much God has done for you.” What could you tell someone this week? (v. 39)