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

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Seemeth to have

General references

Mark 4:9

John 10:5

Bible References

Heed

"Listen carefully to my words. For the Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into the hands of his fellow men."

Let all who have ears to hear with hear.

As soon, however, as you see 'the Foul Desecration' standing where he ought not" (the reader must consider what this means) "then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;

Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.

Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, for fear we should drift away.

Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,

From

But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'

So the master called him and said 'What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.'

On 'That Day' many will say to me 'Master, Master, was not it in your name that we taught, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many miracles?'

Though I speak in the 'tongues' of men, or even of angels, yet have not Love, I have become mere echoing brass, or a clanging cymbal!

Seemeth to have

In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.

If a man thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet reached that knowledge which he ought to have reached.

If any one thinks that he has the gift of preaching or any other spiritual gift, let him recognize that what I am now saying to you is a command from the Lord.

Though I, if any man, have cause to rely even upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon external privileges, far more can I!

When a man appears to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue, but imposes upon his own conscience, that man's religious observances are valueless.

General references

And Jesus said: "Let any one who has ears to hear with hear."

They will not follow a stranger, but will run away from him; because they do not know a stranger's voice."