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Luke 16:2

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.

3And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9And LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

1 Samuel 2:23And he said to them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Luke 12:20But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

Luke 19:21For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.

1 Corinthians 1:11For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 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. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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