Luke 16:3

American Standard Version (1901)

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

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  • Esth 6:6 : 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. 26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. 14 [ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed. 15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds: 24 For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? 25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; 27 And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Hos 9:5 : 5 What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 And they come to Jericho: and as he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way side.
  • Luke 12:17 : 17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
  • John 9:8 : 8 The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
  • Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man that was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

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  • Luke 16:4-9
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    4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

    5 And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

    6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

    7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

    8 And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

    9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

  • Luke 16:1-2
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    1 And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

    2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

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    16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

    17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

    18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

    19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

    20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

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    42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

    43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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    24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

    25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

    26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

    27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

    8 and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

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

    21 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

    22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

    23 then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

    24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.

  • 18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

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    14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

    15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

    16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

    17 But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

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    11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches] ?

    12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

    13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • 21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

  • 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

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    45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

    46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

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    25 But forasmuch as he had not [wherewith] to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26 The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

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    31 So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

    32 Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

  • 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

  • 28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

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    47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

    48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

  • 30 And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • 16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • 26 I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

  • 13 And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.