Luke 16:4–5
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?
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- James 3:15Rank 1 from verse 4
- Jeremiah 4:22Rank 2 from verse 4
22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
22For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me, they are sottish children, and they haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe good they haue no knowledge.
- Proverbs 30:9Rank 3 from verse 4
From verse 5
- Luke 7:41–42Rank 1 from verse 5
41There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
41There was a certaine creditour, which had two debtors: the one ought fiue hundred †pence, and the other fiftie.
42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will loue him most?
- Matthew 18:24Rank 2 from verse 5
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Luke 16:4
Determined or decided in mind upon a course of action.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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stewardship
The office of a steward.
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To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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Luke 16:5
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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A master, owner, ruler, husband, or other man in authority.
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Sense 1: Persons who owe money or are under an obligation. Sense 2: Figuratively, persons whose offenses are treated as a debt.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
3Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship? I cannot digge, to begge I am ashamed.
4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
4I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.
Selected passage5So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
5So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?
Selected passage6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
6And hee said, An hundred †measures of oyle. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write fiftie.