Luke 16:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • Gen 3:9-9 : 9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou? 10 Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe. 11 And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper? 10 Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 Then the Lorde saide, Because the crie of Sodom and Gomorah is great, and because their sinne is exceeding grieuous, 21 I will goe downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me: and if not, that I may knowe.
  • 1 Sam 2:23-24 : 23 And hee saide vnto them, Why doe ye such things? For of all this people I heare euill reportes of you. 24 Do no more, my sonnes, for it is no good report that I heare, which is, that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement. 10 Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehoode and youth are vanitie.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
  • Luke 12:20 : 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?
  • 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 19:21-26 : 21 For I feared thee, because thou art a straight man: thou takest vp, that thou layedst not downe, and reapest that thou diddest not sowe. 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. 25 (And they sayd vnto him, Lord, hee hath ten pieces.) 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.
  • Rom 14:12 : 12 So then euery one of vs shall giue accounts of himselfe to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it hath bene declared vnto me, my brethren, of you by them that are of the house of Cloe, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lorde come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ, that euery man may receiue the things which are done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or euill.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership.
  • 1 Tim 5:24 : 24 Some mens sinnes are open before hand, and goe before vnto iudgement: but some mens folowe after.
  • 1 Pet 4:5 : 5 Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.
  • 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.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, both great & small stand before God: and the bookes were opened, & another booke was opened, which is the booke of life, & the dead were iudged of those thinges, which were written in the bookes, according to their woorkes.

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    3Then 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.

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

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    7Then 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.

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