Luke 8:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Heed

From

Seemeth to have

General references

Mark 4:9

John 10:5

Bible References

Heed

give attention to what I now say, namely, that the son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.

if any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Now when you shall see the-abomination of desolation, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, establish'd where it ought not to be (let the reader observe) then let those, who are in Judea, flee to the mountains:

immediately I sent to you; and you have done well to come. now here we are all in the presence of God, to hear whatever he has given you in charge.

the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

Therefore we ought to give the greater attention to the things we have heard, for fear we should abandon the gospel.

Wherefore, my dear brethren, let every one be eager to hear, averse to contradiction, and deaf to passion.

Renouncing therefore every kind of malice, and knavery, hypocrisy, envy, and detraction, as new-born infants desire that mystical milk,

From

but God said to him, thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee: who then shall enjoy what thou hast provided?

upon making him appear, he said to him, what information is this, I hear against thee? give an account of your administration, for you must not be my steward any longer.

many will cry out to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? have we not cast out devils in thy name? and in thy name have we not wrought many miracles?

For tho' I should speak with the eloquence of men, and of angels, and not have social affection, I should be like sounding brass, or a noisy cymbal.

Seemeth to have

Now it is by virtue of my apostolical commission, that I charge every man among you, not to entertain too high an opinion of himself; but modestly consider, that 'tis God who has dealt to every man his proportion of spiritual gifts.

let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.

and if any man be conceited of his own knowledge, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.

if any one pretends to be a prophet, or to spiritual gifts, let him be assured that the rules which I have here prescrib'd, are the commandments of the Lord.

which I might do more justly than any other man can pretend to:

If a person of an ungovernable tongue pretends to religion, he abuses himself: for his religion is meer illusion.

General references

he that hath ears to hear, said he, let him hear.

a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.