Luke 16:5 Parallel Translations

"So the manager called for each one of his master's debtors. He said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

BBE:

And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

DBY:

And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

ERV:

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

WEY:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first,'How much do you owe to my lord?'

YLT:

'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

Luke 16:5 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 16:4 'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'

Luke 16:6 "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

16:5 He called every one. The debtors; those that owed rent or on account.

MHC:

16:1-12 Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all liable to the same charge; we have not made due improvement of what God has trusted us with. The steward cannot deny it; he must make up his accounts, and be gone. This may teach us that death will come, and deprive us of the opportunities we now have. The steward will make friends of his lord's debtors or tenants, by striking off a considerable part of their debt to his lord. The lord referred to in this parable commended not the fraud, but the policy of the steward. In that respect alone is it so noticed. Worldly men, in the choice of their object, are foolish; but in their activity, and perseverance, they are often wiser than believers. The unjust steward is not set before us as an example in cheating his master, or to justify any dishonesty, but to point out the careful ways of worldly men. It would be well if the children of light would learn wisdom from the men of the world, and would as earnestly pursue their better object. The true riches signify spiritual blessings; and if a man spends upon himself, or hoards up what God has trusted to him, as to outward things, what evidence can he have, that he is an heir of God through Christ? The riches of this world are deceitful and uncertain. Let us be convinced that those are truly rich, and very rich, who are rich in faith, and rich toward God, rich in Christ, in the promises; let us then lay up our treasure in heaven, and expect our portion from thence.

CONC:

Amount Calling Debt Debtors Lord's Master Master's Owe Owest Saying Sending Summoned Summoning

Amount Debt Debtors First How Lord's Master Master's Owe Owest Sending Summoned Summoning

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