Read Full ChapterPay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”
World English Bible (WEB)
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Strong's King James
(18) Therefore see how you listen because whoever perhaps has to them will be given and whoever perhaps doesn't have even what they suppose they have will be taken away from them.
The F.O.G
[18] So listen carefully! Those who embrace what they understand will receive even greater insight. But those who ignore or reject truth will lose even what they think they have."
The F.O.G Paraphrase
‘See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.’
Young's Literal Translation
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