Luke 16:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods.

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  • Luke 15:13 : 13 So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.
  • Luke 19:20 : 20 So the other came, & sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin:
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God: 2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, & communed with him at the doore of ye house.
  • 1 Chr 28:1 : 1 Nowe Dauid assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captaines of the bandes that serued the King, and the captaines of thousands and the captaines of hundreths, and the rulers of all the substance & possession of the King, and of his sonnes, with the eunuches, and the mightie, and all the men of power, vnto Ierusalem.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.
  • Hos 2:8 : 8 Nowe she did not knowe that I gaue her corne, and wine, and oyle, and multiplied her siluer and golde, which they bestowed vpon Baal.
  • Matt 18:23-24 : 23 Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.
  • Matt 25:14-30 : 14 For the kingdome of heauen is as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods. 15 And vnto one he gaue fiue talents, & to an other two, and to another one, to euery man after his own habilitie, & straightway went fro home. 16 Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents. 17 Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that receiued that one, went & digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money. 19 But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them. 20 Then came he that had receiued fiue talents, and brought other fiue talents, saying, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me fiue talents: behold, I haue gained with them other fiue talents. 21 Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy. 22 Also he that had receiued two talents, came, and said, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me two talents: behold, I haue gained two other talets more. 23 His master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant, and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy. 24 Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, & said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not: 25 I was therefore afraide, and went, & hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine owne. 26 And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not. 27 Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to ye exchangers, & then at my comming should I haue receiued mine owne with vantage. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath tenne talents. 29 For vnto euery man that hath, it shall be giuen, and he shall haue abundance, and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken away. 30 Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 And Ioanna the wife of Chuza Herods steward, and Susanna, and many other which ministred vnto him of their substance.

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  • Luke 16:2-14
    13 verses
    88%

    2 And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.

    3 Then the stewarde saide within himselfe, What shall I doe? for my master taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot digge, and to begge I am ashamed.

    4 I knowe what I will doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue mee into their houses.

    5 Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, & said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?

    6 And he said, An hudreth measures of oyle; he saide to him, Take thy writing, and sitte downe quickely, and write fiftie.

    7 Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And hee sayde, An hundreth measures of wheate. Then he saide to him, Take thy writing, and write foure score.

    8 And the Lorde commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the children of this worlde are in their generation wiser then the children of light.

    9 And I say vnto you, Make you friends with the riches of iniquitie, that when ye shal want, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations.

    10 He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.

    11 If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?

    12 And if ye haue not bene faithfull in another mans goods, who shall giue you that which is yours?

    13 No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shal hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despise the other. Yee can not serue God and riches.

    14 All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.

  • Luke 12:15-17
    3 verses
    80%

    15 Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

    16 And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

    17 Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

  • Luke 12:42
    78%

    42 And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?

  • Luke 16:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19 There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.

    20 Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores,

  • Luke 15:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    11 He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

    12 And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

    13 So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

    14 Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

  • Luke 15:3
    75%

    3 Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    75%

    15 And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

    16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased ten pieces.

  • Luke 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule fro thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

    21 So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

  • Luke 14:16
    75%

    16 Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.

    13 And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and sayd vnto them, Occupie till I come.

  • Matt 18:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23 Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

    24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.

    25 And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

  • Matt 25:14
    74%

    14 For the kingdome of heauen is as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods.

  • Mark 12:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.

    2 And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

  • Matt 24:47
    73%

    47 Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.

  • Matt 25:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 But he that receiued that one, went & digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money.

    19 But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.

  • Luke 14:21
    72%

    21 So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

  • Luke 7:41
    72%

    41 There was a certaine lender which had two detters: the one ought fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie:

  • Luke 19:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22 Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, & reaping that I did not sowe.

    23 Wherefore then gauest not thou my money into the banke, that at my coming I might haue required it with vantage?

    24 And he sayd to them that stoode by, Take from him that piece, and giue it him that hath ten pieces.

  • 2 Sam 12:2
    72%

    2 The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:

  • Luke 19:26
    72%

    26 For I say vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe giuen: and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken from him.

  • Luke 20:9
    72%

    9 Then began he to speake to ye people this parable, A certaine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange countrey, for a great time.

  • Luke 15:26
    72%

    26 And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

  • Luke 21:1
    72%

    1 And as he behelde, he sawe the rich men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie.