Luke 16:2

And he called him, and said to him, What hear I this thing of thee? (or Why do I hear this about thee?) yield (the) reckoning (or the accounting) of thy bailiffship, for thou might not now be bailiff, [+or yield reason of thy farm, for now thou shalt no more hold the farm].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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, that had a bailiff, [or a farmer], (or a steward, or a manager); and this was denounced to him, as he had wasted his goods.

3And the bailiff said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the bailiffship? delve may I not, I shame to beg, (or I cannot dig, and I am ashamed to beg). [Forsooth the farmer said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the farm? I may not delve, I am ashamed to beg.]

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? Which answered, I know not; whether I am the keeper of my brother? (And the Lord said to Cain, Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, How do I know; am I my brother’s keeper?)

1 Samuel 2:23And he said to them, Why do ye such things, (yea), the worst things, which I hear of (from) all the people?

Ecclesiastes 12:14God shall bring all things into doom, that be done; for each thing covered, either privy, whether it be good, or evil. (For God shall bring all that is done to the judgement; even each thing that is covered, or is done in secret, or privately, whether it be good, or evil.)

Luke 12:20And God said to him, Fool, in this night they shall take (away) thy life from thee, [or Fool, in this night they shall ask of thee thy soul]. And (then) whose shall those things be, that thou hast arrayed?

Luke 19:21For I dreaded thee, for thou art an austere man; thou takest away that that thou settedest not, and thou reapest that that thou hast not sown. (For I feared thee, for thou art a stern and a hard man; thou takest away that which thou hast not brought, and thou harvestest that which thou hast not sown.)

1 Corinthians 1:11For, my brethren, it is told to me of them that be at Chloe’s, that strives (or arguments) be 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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