I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
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I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
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I woote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardshippe they maye receave me into their houses.
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I knowe what I will doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue mee into their houses.
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Passages linked to Luke 16:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 30:9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
- Jeremiah 4:22 “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
- James 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when…
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Ver. 4. They may receive me] This is that wit he showed for himself, and for the which he is here commended: teaching us by all lawful means (not by any unlawful, as he) to provide for ourselves, and to preserve our reputation.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I am resolved what to do,.... Or "I know…
I am resolved what to do,.... Or "I know what to do"; I have a scheme in my head, and I am determined to execute it, which will provide for me, and secure me a maintenance:
that when I am put out of the stewardship; drove from Jerusalem, and from the temple and the synagogues:
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they may receive me into their houses; either Jews or Gentiles, after their dispersion.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I know - That is, I am resolved, what…
I know - That is, I am resolved, what to do.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. They may receive me] That is, the…
Verse 4. They may receive me] That is, the debtors and tenants, who paid their debts and rents, not in money, but in kind; such as wheat, oil, and other produce of their lands.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I am resolved - He thought of his condition.…
I am resolved - He thought of his condition. He looked at the plans which occurred to him. He had been dishonest, and knew that he must lose his place. It would have been better to have “considered before this,” and resolved on a proper course of life, and to be faithful to his trust; and his perplexity here teaches us that dishonesty will sooner or later lead us into difficulty, and that the path of honesty is not only the “right” path, but is the path that is filled with most comfort and peace.
When I am put out ... - When I lose my place, and have no home and means of support.
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They may receive me ... - Those who are now under me, and whom I am resolved now to favor. He had been dishonest to his master, and, having “commenced” a course of dishonesty, he did not shrink from pursuing it. Having injured his master, and being now detected, he was willing still farther to injure him, to take revenge on him for removing him from his place, and to secure his own interest still at his expense. He was resolved to lay these persons under such obligations, and to show them so much kindness, that they could not well refuse to return the kindness to him and give him a support. We may learn here,
That one sin leads on to another, and that one act of dishonesty will be followed by many more, if there is opportunity. Men who commit one sin cannot get along “consistently” without committing many more. One lie will demand many more to make it “appear” like the truth, and one act of cheating will demand many more to avoid detection. The beginning of sin is like the letting out of waters, and no man knows, if he indulges in one sin, where it will end. Sinners are selfish. They care more about “themselves” than they do either about God or truth. If they seek salvation, it is only for selfish ends, and because they desire a comfortable “abode” in the future world rather than because they have any regard to God or his cause.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain may receive me, &c.--Observe his one object--when cast out…
may receive me, &c.--Observe his one object--when cast out of one home to secure another. This is the key to the parable, on which there have been many differing views.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Put out of the stewardship—The steward here was…
4. Put out of the stewardship—The steward here was an overseer to the landlord’s estate, namely, his landed property. He bargained with the tenants and took the rents. About to be expelled by his lord, he means now so to make friends of the tenants, that they will furnish him with house and home.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. I am. resolved what to do] The original…
4. I am. resolved what to do] The original graphically represents the sudden flash of discovery ‘I have it! I know now what to do.’
into their houses] Literally, “into their own houses” I will confer on them such a boon that they will not leave me houseless. This eating the bread of dependence, which was all the steward hoped to gain after his life of dishonesty, was after all a miserable prospect, Sir_29:22-28. If different parts of the parable shadow forth different truths, we may notice that the steward has not enriched himself; what he has had he has spent. So at death, when we have to render the account of our stewardship to God, we cannot take with us one grain of earthly riches.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) I am resolved what to do.—More literally, I…
(4) I am resolved what to do.—More literally, I know, or even, I knew, as of a man to whom a plan occurs suddenly. The dramatic abruptness of the parable leaves us uncertain who “they” are that are to “receive” him. The context that follows immediately supplies the deficiency. What answers to this, in the interpretation, is the moment when a Church or party or an individual teacher, halts between two policies—one that of striving after righteousness, and the other of secular expediency—and makes up its mind to adopt that which promises the most immediate and most profitable results.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I am resolved what to do. The first part…
I am resolved what to do. The first part of the parable teaches, then, this great and all-important lesson to men that they will do well to provide against the day of dismissal from life. The second part points out very vividly how kindness, charity, beneficence, towards those poorer, weaker, more helpless than ourselves is one way, and that a very sure and direct way, of. so providing against the inevitable dissmission, or death.
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