Lukas 19:26

19:26 ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, ¹  but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ² 

Lukas 12:8-9

12:8 “I ³  tell you, whoever acknowledges ⁴  me before men, ⁵  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ⁶  before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

[19:26]  ¹ tn Grk “to everyone who has, he will be given more.”

[19:26]  sn Everyone who has will be given more. Again, faithfulness yields great reward (see Luke 8:18; also Matt 13:12; Mark 4:25).

[19:26]  ² sn The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken away from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of this is left ambiguous, but there is no comfort here for those who are pictured by the third slave as being totally unmoved by the master. Though not an outright enemy, there is no relationship to the master either. Three groups are represented in the parable: the faithful of various sorts (vv. 16, 18); the unfaithful who associate with Jesus but do not trust him (v. 21); and the enemies (v. 27).

[12:8]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Or “confesses.”

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Although this is a generic reference and includes both males and females, in this context “men” has been retained because of the wordplay with the Son of Man and the contrast with the angels. The same is true of the occurrence of “men” in v. 9.

[12:8]  ⁶ sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus and judgment, see 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.