12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.


In Context

9 He that has ears, let him hear.

10 And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

11 And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

12 for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

13 For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

14 and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;

Matthew 13:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12For whoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has.