Luke 16:2

World English Bible (2000)

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.'

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  • Gen 3:9-9 : 9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" 10 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11 God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?" 10 Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 Yahweh 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 their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."
  • 1 Sam 2:23-24 : 23 He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. 24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
  • Luke 12:20 : 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?'
  • 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 19:21-26 : 21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.' 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.' 25 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!' 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.
  • Rom 14:12 : 12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
  • 1 Tim 5:24 : 24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.
  • 1 Pet 4:5 : 5 who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
  • 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.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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  • Luke 16:1
    88%

    1 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.

  • Luke 16:3-13
    11 verses
    86%

    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."

  • Luke 12:42-44
    3 verses
    79%

    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?

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

    44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

  • Luke 19:19-24
    6 verses
    76%

    19 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

    20 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

    21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'

    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.'

  • Luke 19:15-17
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    76%

    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.'

    17 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

  • 1 Cor 4:2
    74%

    2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

  • Matt 25:26-28
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    74%

    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.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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 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.

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

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

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

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

    8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?

  • Matt 25:14
    72%

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

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

  • 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 19:26
    72%

    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 12:16
    72%

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

  • Luke 12:46
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    46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

  • Matt 25:30
    72%

    30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Mark 12:2
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    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 18:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

    32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

  • Matt 18:25
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    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.

  • Luke 12:20
    71%

    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?'

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