Luke 16:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The 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.

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  • Esth 6:6 : 6 And when Haman came in, the king saide vnto him: what shalbe done vnto the man whom the king would faine bring vnto worship? (Haman thought in his heart: Whom desireth the king to bring vnto worship more then me?)
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 Who so is slouthfull in his labour, is the brother of hym that is a waster.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour. 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man: 31 And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe. 32 This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning. 33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle: 34 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates. 14 Like as the doore turneth about vpon the hynges: euen so doth the slouthfull walter him selfe in his bed. 15 The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome, and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth. 16 The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes. 24 For riches abideth not alway, and the crowne endureth not for euer. 25 The hay groweth, the grasse commeth vp, and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes. 26 The lambes shall clothe thee, and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry. 27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee, to vpholde thy housholde, and to sustayne thy maydens.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation, and when destruction shall come from farre? to whom wyll ye runne for helpe? and where wyll you leaue your glory?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophetes teache falsely, and the preachers receaue giftes, and my people hath pleasure therein: what wyll come thereof at the last.
  • Hos 9:5 : 5 What wyll ye do then in the solempne day, and in the feast day of the Lorde?
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 And they came to Hierico: And as he went out of ye citie of Hierico with his disciples, and a great number of people, blynde Bartimeus the sonne of Timeus, sate by the hye wayes syde beggyng.
  • Luke 12:17 : 17 And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores:
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man,
  • John 9:8 : 8 So, the neyghbours, and they that hadde seene hym before when he was blynde, sayde: Is not this he that sate and begged?
  • Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certayne man, that was lame from his mothers wombe, was brought, whom they layde dayly at the gate of the temple which is called beawtifull, to aske almes of them that entred into the temple.
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.

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  • Luke 16:4-9
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    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.

  • Luke 16:1-2
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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.

    2And 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.

  • Luke 12:16-20
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    16And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites.

    17And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?

    18And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes.

    19And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.

    20But 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?

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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.

  • Matt 25:24-27
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    24Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

    25And therfore was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is.

    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,

    27Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    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?

  • Luke 19:20-24
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    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.

  • Matt 25:18
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    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

  • Luke 15:14-17
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    14And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.

    15And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.

    16And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.

    17Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

  • Luke 16:11-13
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    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 14:21
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    21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

  • Luke 15:19
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    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

  • Luke 12:45-46
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    45But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken,

    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.

  • Matt 18:25-26
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    25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:

  • Luke 19:12
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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.

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    28But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest.

  • Matt 24:47-48
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    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

    48But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng:

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    30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

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    16He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd.

  • 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.

  • Luke 20:13
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    13Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.