Luke 19:20

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Ver. 20. See Matthew 25:21,22, &c.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The accounting:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:17 ; Luke 19:13 ; Luke 3:9 ; Luke 6:46 ; Matthew 25:24 ; Proverbs 26:13-16

²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Related Commentaries of Luke 19:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 19:20