Luke 16:5

Therefore when all the debtors of his lord were called together, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 know what I shall do, (so) that when I am removed from the bailiffship [or (so) that when I shall be removed from the farm], they receive me into their houses.

6And he said, An hundred barrows of oil. And he said to him, Take thy caution [or Take thine obligation], and sit soon, and write fifty.

Read all of Luke 16

Cross References

Luke 7:41And he answered, Two debtors were to one lender; and one owed five hundred pence, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 16:5