Catholic Public Domain Version
"For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have in abundance. But whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. "
— Matthew 13:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For 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.”
“For 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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“For 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.”
“Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
“For 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.”
Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
And his disciples drew near to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Responding, he said to them: “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.
For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have in abundance. But whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, ‘Hearing, you shall hear, but not understand; and seeing, you shall see, but not perceive.
For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.’