Luke
Luke 8:18
18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay attention | Βλέπετε | Blepete | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G991 I look, see |
| therefore | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| to how | πῶς | pōs | Adverb | G4459 how, in what manner |
| you listen | ἀκούετε | akouete | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G191 I hear, listen |
| Whoever | ὃς | hos | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| has | ἔχῃ | echē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| will be given | δοθήσεται | dothēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1325 I offer, give |
| whoever | ὃς | hos | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| does not have | ἔχῃ | echē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| even | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| what | ὃ | ho | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| he thinks | δοκεῖ | dokei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1380 I think, seem, appear, it seems |
| he has | ἔχειν | echein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| will be taken away | ἀρθήσεται | arthēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G142 I raise, lift up |
| from | ἀπ’ | ap’ | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| him | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 13:12 · Mark 4:23–25 · Luke 19:26 · Matthew 25:29 · Proverbs 2:2–5 · Hebrews 2:1 · John 15:2 · Acts 10:33 · Matthew 7:22–23 · 1 Corinthians 8:2 · James 1:19–26 · Acts 17:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.