Luke 16:1

He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

2He called him and said, "`What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

Luke 12:42"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

Luke 15:30but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

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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