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Luke 16:2

And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.

3And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

1 Samuel 2:23And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?

Ecclesiastes 12:14And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

Luke 12:20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 19:21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.

1 Corinthians 1:11For it hath been signified unto me, my brethren, of you, by them that are of the house 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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