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

"Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.

A steward

and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who used to minister to him out of their substance.

The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.

For indeed a presiding officer, as God's steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;

Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Wasted

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

"Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.

"And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

You continue to ask and do not receive, because you are asking with a wrong purpose, in order to spend it upon your pleasures.