Luke 16:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:24 : 24 And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.
  • Luke 7:41-42 : 41 There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie. 42 When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 16:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    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.

  • Luke 16:6-9
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Matt 18:23-32
    10 verses
    78%

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

    24And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

    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.

    27Then the Lorde of that seruaunt, moued with pitie, loosed hym, and forgaue hym the debt.

    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.

    29And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

    30And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.

    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 7:41-42
    2 verses
    78%

    41There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie.

    42When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?

  • Luke 19:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Luke 15:26
    75%

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

  • Matt 25:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

    20And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo.

  • Matt 18:34
    74%

    34And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.

  • Luke 14:21
    74%

    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 14:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

    17And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy.

  • Luke 12:42
    74%

    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?

  • Matt 20:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.

    9And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.

    10But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    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?

  • Matt 25:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    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 19:22-25
    4 verses
    73%

    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.

    25And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Luke 15:3
    72%

    3But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

  • Luke 19:20
    71%

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

  • Luke 12:16
    71%

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

  • Mark 12:2
    71%

    2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • Luke 16:12
    70%

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

  • Matt 25:14
    70%

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