Luke 16:5

"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, `How much are you in debt to my master?'

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

In Context

4I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

6"`A hundred firkins of oil,' he replied. "`Here is your account,' said the steward: `sit down quickly and change it into fifty firkins.'

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Cross References

Luke 7:41"There were once two men in debt to one money-lender," said Jesus; "one owed him five hundred shillings and the other fifty.

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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