Luke 16:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

And therefore the gospel-kingdom is like unto a king, who had a mind to settle accounts with his servants:

For as a man, who was going to travel abroad, called his servants, and delivered to them his stock: and to one he gave five talents,

A steward

and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who assisted Him with their substance.

And the Lord said, Who is indeed that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his family to give out the measure of food in due season?

Let a man so account of us, as the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

as every one hath received a gift, imparting it to each other, 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, living voluptuously and splendidly every day.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together and went abroad into a distant country, and there squandered away his substance by living luxuriously.

And another came, and said, Behold, my Lord, thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask wickedly; that ye may spend it in your pleasures.