Luke 16:1

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 LIE HAD WASTED HIS GOODS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:2

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. The three parables of the previous chapter had been addressed to the Pharisees and scribes, probably in the presence of the publicans and sinners, and su... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:3

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:5

SO HE CALLED EVERY ONE OF HIS LORD'S DEBTORS UNTO HIM, AND SAID UNTO THE FIRST, HOW MUCH OWEST THOU UNTO MY LORD?... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:6

AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THY BILL, AND SIT DOWN QUICKLY, AND WRITE FIFTY.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:7

THEN SAID HE TO ANOTHER, AND HOW MUCH OWEST THOU? AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THY BILL AND WRITE FOURSCORE.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:8

AND THE LORD COMMENDED THE UNJUST STEWARD BECAUSE HE HAD DONE WISELY; FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE IN THEIR GENERATION WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT. The unfaithful steward found himself in a very unpleasant situation, out of which only his wit could extricate him. Jesus reproduces the resu... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:9

AND I SAY UNTO YOU, MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS OF THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT, WHEN YE FAIL, THEY MAY RECEIVE YOU INTO EVERLASTING HABITATIONS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:10

HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH; AND HE THAT IS UNJUST IN THE LEAST IS UNJUST ALSO IN MUCH.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:12

AND IF YE HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER MAN'S, WHO SHALL GIVE YOU THAT WHICH IS YOUR OWN? The lesson of the parable has really begun in the previous section, and it may be that the entire judgment of verse 8 was spoken by Jesus. The children of this world, the people of the present... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:13

NO SERVANT CAN. SERVE TWO MASTERS; FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL HOLD TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YE CANNOT SERVE GOD. AND MAMMON.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:15

AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE THEY WHICH JUSTIFY YOURSELVES BEFORE MEN; BUT GOD KNOWETH YOUR HEARTS; FOR THAT WHICH IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMONG MEN IS ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:16

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE UNTIL JOHN; SINCE THAT TIME THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, AND EVERY MAN PRESSETH INTO IT.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:18

"Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. It is impossible for a servant to be in the service of, and to render proper service to, two different masters. See Matthew 6:24. The one will... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:21

AND DESIRING TO BE FED WITH THE CRUMBS WHICH FELL FROM THE RICH MAN'S TABLE; MOREOVER, THE DOGS CAME AND LICKED HIS SORES. Although, for the lesson of this story, it is immaterial whether it is a parable or the account of an actual happening, as Luther remarks, yet the manner of presentation points... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:22

AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE BEGGAR DIED, AND WAS CARRIED, BY THE ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM; THE RICH MAN ALSO DIED, AND WAS BURIED;... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:24

AND HE CRIED AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND SEND LAZARUS THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER AND COOL MY TONGUE; FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:25

BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON, REMEMBER THAT THOU IN THY LIFETIME RECEIVEDST THY GOOD THINGS, AND LIKEWISE LAZARUS EVIL THINGS; BUT NOW HE IS COMFORTED, AND THOU ART TORMENTED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:26

AND BESIDE ALL THIS, BETWEEN US AND YOU THERE IS A GREAT GULF FIXED, SO THAT THEY WHICH WOULD PASS FROM HENCE TO YOU CANNOT; NEITHER CAN THEY PASS TO US THAT WOULD COME FROM THENCE. Here the fortunes are reversed with a vengeance: the servant of God in bliss, the servant of mammon in misery. The beg... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 16:31

AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. A strange change has come upon the former rich man. Formerly he cared only for himself and the gratification of his own desires, but now, when it is 'too late,' he remembers d... [ Continue Reading ]

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