17 (A)For nothing is secret, that shall not be evident: neither anything hid, that shall not be known, and come to light.

18 [a]Take [b]heed therefore how ye hear: for (B)whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that [c]which it seemeth that he hath.

19 (C)[d]Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come near to him for the press.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:18 Heavenly gifts are lost with niggardliness, and increase with liberality.
  2. Luke 8:18 That is, with what minds you come to hear the word, and how you behave yourselves when you have heard it.
  3. Luke 8:18 Either to himself, or to others, or to both: for there are none so proud, as these fellows, if it were possible to see that, that they cloke: neither are there that deceive the simple more than they do.
  4. Luke 8:19 There is no knot of flesh and blood, among men so nigh and strait, as the band which is between Christ, and them who embrace him with a true faith.

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