Luke 16:1

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Summary

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.

A certain

Matthew 18:23

Matthew 25:14

A steward

1 Peter 4:10

Wasted

Bible References

A certain

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king that wished to settle accounts with his servants.

For as a man, on leaving his country, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods:

A steward

and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him from their means.

And the Lord said: "Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Let each one so think of us as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

As each has received a gift, minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Wasted

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

And not many days after, the younger son, taking with him all that was his, left home for a distant country, and there wasted his property in riotous living.

And another came and said: Lord, behold your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.