Luke 16:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ φωνήσας αὐτὸν, εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Τί τοῦτο ἀκούω περὶ σοῦ; ἀπόδος τὸν λόγον τῆς οἰκονομίας σου· οὐ γὰρ δύνήσῃ ἔτι οἰκονομεῖν.

Transliteration

And phōnēsas him, eipen to him, What this akouō peri you? Apodos ton logon tēs oikonomias of you; not gar dynēsē eti oikonomein.

Grammar Details

• *phōnēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine - having called
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *akouō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I hear/am hearing
• *peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
• *Apodos*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - give/render/deliver
• *logon*: accusative singular masculine - account/reckoning/report
• *tēs oikonomias*: genitive singular feminine - of the stewardship/management
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *dynēsē*: future middle/passive indicative, 2nd singular - you will be able
• *eti*: adverb - still/any longer
• *oikonomein*: present active infinitive - to manage/be steward

Word Meanings

• *phōnēsas*: having called/summoned
• *logon*: account/word/reckoning/report
• *oikonomias*: stewardship/management/administration
• *oikonomein*: to manage/to be steward/to administer

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:9-9 : 9 ¶ And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself. 11 ¶ And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
• Gen 4:9-9 : 9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
• Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
• 1 Sam 2:23-24 : 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
• Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
• Matt 12:36 : 36 ‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›
• Luke 12:20 : 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, ‹Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom› [his] ‹lord shall make ruler over his household, to give› [them their] ‹portion of meat in due season?›
• Luke 19:21-26 : 21 ‹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.› 22 ‹And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,› [thou] ‹wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:› 23 ‹Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?› 24 ‹And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give› [it] ‹to him that hath ten pounds.› 25 ‹(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)› 26 ‹For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.›
• Rom 14:12 : 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them [which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
• 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
• 1 Tim 5:24 : 24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they follow after.
• 1 Pet 4:5 : 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
• 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.