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Matthew 13:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For 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. "

Matthew 13:12

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10 The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

11 He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

12 For 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.

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;

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Matthew 25:29

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Mark 4:25

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"For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”"

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Luke 19:26

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"‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

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Luke 8:18

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"Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”"

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Ecclesiastes 5:19

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"Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God."

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"To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given."

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Matthew 13:1

"On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside."

Matthew 13:2

"Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach."

Matthew 13:3

"He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow."

Matthew 13:4

"As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them."

Matthew 13:5

"Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth."

Matthew 13:6

"When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away."

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