Luke 16:1

World English Bible (2000)

He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

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  • Luke 15:13 : 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
  • Luke 19:20 : 20 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries. 2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
  • 1 Chr 28:1 : 1 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
  • Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
  • Matt 18:23-24 : 23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. 24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
  • Matt 25:14-30 : 14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two. 18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. 20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.' 21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 22 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.' 23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. 25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.' 26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter. 27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. 28 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away. 30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

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  • Luke 16:2-14
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    2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

    3 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

    4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

    5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

    6 He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

    7 Then he said to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

    8 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

    9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

    10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

    11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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

    13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."

    14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

  • Luke 12:15-17
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    15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

    16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

    17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

  • Luke 12:42
    78%

    42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

  • Luke 16:19-20
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    19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

    20 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

  • Luke 15:11-14
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    11 He said, "A certain man had two sons.

    12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

    13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

    14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3 He told them this parable.

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    15 "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

    16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

  • Luke 12:20-21
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    20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

    21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Luke 14:16
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    16 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    12 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

    13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

  • Matt 18:23-25
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    23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

    24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

    25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • Matt 25:14
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    14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

    2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

  • Matt 25:18-19
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    18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

    19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

  • Luke 7:41
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    41 "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

  • Luke 19:22-24
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    22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

    23 Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

    24 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

  • 2 Sam 12:2
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    2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,

  • Luke 19:26
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    26 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

  • Luke 20:9
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    9 He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

  • Luke 21:1
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    1 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.