Luke 16:1

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 having called him, he said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Give account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods;

Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?

Luke 15:30But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill 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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