Luke 16:2

So the master called him and said ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.’

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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

1Jesus said to his disciples, “There was a rich man who had a steward; and this steward was maliciously accused to him of wasting his estate.

3‘What am I to do,’ the steward asked himself, ‘now that my master is taking the steward’s place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9Then the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He answered, “I do not know! Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Luke 12:20But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared – who will have it?’

Luke 19:21For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.’

1 Corinthians 1:11For I have been informed, my friends, by the members of Chloe’s household, that party feeling exists 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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