Luke 16:4

I know what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

In Context

3And the steward said with himself: What shall I do, since my lord is about to take from me the stewardship? To dig, I am unable; and to become a beggar, I am ashamed.

5And he called each one of his lord's debtors; and he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

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Cross References

James 3:15For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.

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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