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

On this account, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle with his servants.

For, as a man going abroad called his servants, and delivered to them his estates;

A steward

and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them their proper food in due time?

Let a man so regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,

as each has received a gift, minister the same among yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Wasted

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

And not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living intemperately.

And the other came, saying, Lord, behold your mina, which I had laid up in a napkin;

you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, to expend on your pleasures.