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Luke 16:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ "
Luke 16:2
Verse in Context
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1 He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
2 He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
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Luke 16:1
"He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions."
Luke 16:3
"“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg."
Luke 16:4
"I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’"
Luke 16:5
"Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’"
Luke 16:6
"He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’"
Luke 16:7
"Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’"
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