“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
Parallel translations
- KJV And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
- BSB ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
- NKJV And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’
- NASB And later the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’
- NLT After the servant had done this, he reported, ‘There is still room for more.’
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Cross-references · 9
- John 14:2In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
- Ps 130:7Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
- Eph 3:8To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Rev 7:4–9I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
- 1 Tim 2:5–6For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Col 2:9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
- Ps 103:6Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
- 1 Jn 2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- Acts 1:1–9The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
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