Luke 16:1

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer act as steward.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For as a man, on leaving his country, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods:

Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Luke 15:30But as soon as this your son has come, Who has eaten up your estate with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:1

The scope of Christ's discourse in this chapter is to awaken and quicken us all so to use this world as not to abuse it, so to manage all our possessions and enjoyments here as that they may make for us, and may not make against us in the other world; for they will do either the one or the other, according as we use them now. I. If we do good with them, and lay out what we have in works of piety and charity, we shall reap the benefit of it in the world to come; and this he shows in the parable of the unjust… Read the whole commentary →

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