Luke 16:2

He 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.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

1He 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.

3"Then the steward said within himself, "`What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

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Cross References

Luke 12:20"But God said to him, "`Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

Luke 19:21For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

1 Corinthians 1:11For I have been distinctly informed, my brethren, about you by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions 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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