Luke 16:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ ‘Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Then 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And the manager of the estate said to himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking the management away from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Common English Bible

³ “The household manager said to himself, What will I do now that my master is firing me as his manager? I’m not strong enough to dig and too proud to beg.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the steward said within himself: 'What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:3 Cross References

Esther 6:6

Haman entered, and the king asked him, ‘What should be done for the man the king wants to honour? ’ Haman thought to himself, ‘Who is it the king would want to honour more than me? ’

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a raised road.

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is lazy in his work is brother to a vandal.  ,

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks,  and there is nothing.

Proverbs 29:21

A servant pampered from his youth will become arrogant  later on.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

Hosea 9:5

What will you do on a festival day, on the day of the  Lord’s feast?

Matthew 20:8

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, “Call the workers and give them their pay,   starting with the last and ending with the first.”

Mark 10:46

They  came to Jericho.  And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind  beggar,  was sitting by the road.

Luke 12:17

He thought to himself, “What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

Luke 16:2

So he called the manager in and asked, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management,   because you can no longer be my manager.”

Luke 16:20

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.

Luke 16:22

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.   , The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:4

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.”

Luke 18:4

‘For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,

John 9:8

His neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, ‘Isn’t this the one who used to sit begging? ’

Acts 3:2

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

Acts 9:6

‘But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.’

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that there are some among you who are idle. They are not busy but busybodies.