Luke 16:4

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'I know what I will do so that, when I am removed from my position, people will welcome me into their homes.'

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  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

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  • Luke 16:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1 Jesus also said to His disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this manager was wasting his possessions.

    2 So he called him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be manager.'

    3 The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking away my position? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.'

  • Luke 16:5-9
    5 verses
    82%

    5 So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

    6 The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'

    7 Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' The man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager told him, 'Take your bill and write eighty.'

    8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

    9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly wealth so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

  • Luke 12:42-44
    3 verses
    73%

    42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge of his servants to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

    43 Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he returns.

    44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Luke 12:16-19
    4 verses
    72%

    16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

    17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

    18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

    19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8 Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Luke 15:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

    19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’

  • Luke 14:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21 The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

    22 ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

    23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’

  • Matt 18:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.

    25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

    26 At this the servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.'

  • Matt 24:47
    69%

    47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Luke 14:16
    69%

    16 Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.'

  • Matt 21:40
    69%

    40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?

  • Matt 20:4
    69%

    4 He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

  • Luke 16:27
    69%

    27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house,

  • Luke 20:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'

    16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'

  • Luke 15:14
    68%

    14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

  • Luke 16:12
    68%

    12 And if you have not been trustworthy with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is truly yours?

  • Matt 20:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 'Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.'

    15 'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

  • Luke 19:15
    68%

    15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so he could find out what they had gained by doing business.

  • Mark 12:9
    68%

    9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
    68%

    2 Now it is required that those who are entrusted as stewards must prove faithful.

  • Luke 19:12
    68%

    12 So he said, "A nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

  • Luke 14:7
    68%

    7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable:

  • Luke 19:22
    68%

    22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

  • Matt 18:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

    31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

    32 Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.'

  • Luke 20:13
    68%

    13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.'

  • Luke 12:37
    68%

    37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

  • Matt 22:4
    68%

    4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

  • Luke 19:26
    68%

    26 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.'

  • Mark 12:2
    67%

    2 At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.