Luke 16:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master is taking away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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  • Esth 6:6 : 6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. 26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed. 15 The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. 24 For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And you will have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your maidens.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • Hos 9:5 : 5 What will you do in the appointed day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
  • Luke 12:17 : 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;
  • John 9:8 : 8 The neighbors therefore, and those who previously had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
  • Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who entered the temple;
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

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  • Luke 16:4-9
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    4I have resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

    5So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

    6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

    7Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.

    8And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

  • Luke 16:1-2
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    1And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.

    2And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.

  • Luke 12:16-20
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    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

    17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

  • Luke 12:42-43
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    42And 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 food in due season?

    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

  • Matt 25:24-27
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    24Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

    25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground; look, there you have what is yours.

    26But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

    27Therefore, you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming, I would have received my own with interest.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

  • Luke 19:20-24
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    20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

    21For I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.

    22And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

    23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?

    24And he said to those who stood by, Take the pound from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.

  • Matt 25:18
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    18But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.

  • Luke 15:14-17
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    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

    15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

    16And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.

    17And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger!

  • Luke 16:11-13
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    11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

    12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you what is your own?

    13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the lame, and the blind.

  • Luke 15:19
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    19And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.

  • Luke 12:45-46
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;

    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • Matt 18:25-26
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    25But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very sorry, and came and told their lord all that had been done.

    32Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

  • Matt 18:28
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    28But that same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred pence; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

  • Matt 24:47-48
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    47Truly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

    48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming,

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 20:16
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    16He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Luke 19:26
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    26For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Luke 20:13
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    13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him.