Luke 16:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

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  • Gen 3:9-9 : 9 And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you? 10 And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes. 11 And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
  • 1 Sam 2:23-24 : 23 And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways. 24 No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge. 10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?
  • Luke 19:21-26 : 21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed. 22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed; 23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest? 24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten. 25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds. 26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • Rom 14:12 : 12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
  • 1 Tim 5:24 : 24 The sins of some men are clearly seen, going before them to be judged; but with others, their sins go after them.
  • 1 Pet 4:5 : 5 But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.

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  • Luke 16:1
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    1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

  • Luke 16:3-13
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    3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

    4 I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

    5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

    6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

    7 Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

    8 And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

    9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

    10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

    11 If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

    12 And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

    13 No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

  • Luke 12:42-44
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    42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

    43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

    44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

  • Luke 19:19-24
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    76%

    19 And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

    20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

    21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

    23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

  • Luke 19:15-17
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    15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

    16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

    17 And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.

  • Matt 25:26-28
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    26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

    27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

    28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

    13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

  • Matt 25:18-19
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    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

    19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • Matt 25:14
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    14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Luke 14:21
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    21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

  • Luke 19:26
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    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 12:46
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    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

  • Matt 25:30
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    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2 And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

    32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

  • Matt 18:25
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    25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

  • Luke 12:20
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    20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

  • Luke 15:3
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    3 And he made a story for them, saying,