Luke 16:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

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  • Gen 3:9-9 : 9 And the Lorde called Adam, & sayde vnto hym: where art thou? 10 Which sayde: I hearde thy voyce in the garden, and was afrayde because I was naked, and hyd my selfe. 11 And he sayde: Who tolde thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou not eaten of the same tree, concernyng the which I commaunded thee that thou shouldest not eate of it?
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper? 10 And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous: 21 I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.
  • 1 Sam 2:23-24 : 23 And he saide vnto them: Why do ye such thinges? For of all these people I heare euill reportes of you. 24 Oh, nay my sonnes: For it is no good report that I heare, how that ye make the Lordes people to trespasse.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges. 10 Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euyll.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?
  • Luke 19:21-26 : 21 For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe. 22 He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe: 23 And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage? 24 And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces. 25 And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces. 26 For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath.
  • Rom 14:12 : 12 So shal euery one of vs geue accompt of hym selfe to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it is shewed vnto me my brethren, of you, by them whiche are of the house of Cloe, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme, vntyll the Lorde come, who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse, & open the counsels of the heartes, and then shall euery man haue prayse of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe, that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee, which was geuen thee through prophesie, with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership.
  • 1 Tim 5:24 : 24 Some mens sinnes are open beforehande, hastyng before vnto iudgement, and in some they folowe after.
  • 1 Pet 4:5 : 5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft, eue so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God, and the bookes were opened: and another booke was opened, which is the booke of lyfe, and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes, accordyng to their deedes.

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  • Luke 16:1
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    1And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes.

  • Luke 16:3-13
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    3The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed.

    4I wote what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardshippe, they may receaue me into their houses.

    5So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?

    6And he sayde, an hundreth measures of oyle. And he sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and syt downe quickely, and write fiftie.

    7Then sayde he to another: Howe much owest thou? And he sayde, an hundreth measures of wheate. He sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and write fourescore.

    8And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght.

    9And I saye vnto you, make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammo, that when ye shall haue neede, they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations.

    10He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much.

    11So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure?

    12And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse, who shall geue you that which is your owne?

    13No man can serue two maisters: For either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els, he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God, and Mammon.

  • Luke 12:42-44
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    42And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?

    43Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

    44Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

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    19And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities.

    20And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin.

    21For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.

    22He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:

    23And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage?

    24And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces.

  • Luke 19:15-17
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    15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

    16Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces.

    17And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities.

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    2Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull.

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    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

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    28Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes.

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    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

    13And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come.

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    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

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    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

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    26And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

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    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

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    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

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  • Luke 19:26
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    26For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath.

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    16And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites.

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    46The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

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