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

Wasted

Bible References

A certain

“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

A steward

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?

Abram said, “O Lord God, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

So they came near to Joseph’s house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,

Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men.

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For the

overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Wasted

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

He also who is slack in his work

Is brother to him who destroys.

“For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they used for Baal.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.