Luke 16:3

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

4I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

Proverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

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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