And when evening came the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers [in] and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [one hired, then] to the first.’
Luke 16:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then the property manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do since my master is taking away my job? I am not strong enough to dig [i.e., as a farm laborer], and I am too ashamed to beg. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 “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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. |
And when evening came the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers [in] and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [one hired, then] to the first.’
Then they [i.e., Jesus and the twelve apostles] came to Jericho [Note: This was a town about 18 miles northeast of Jerusalem]. As He left there with His disciples and a large crowd, they met a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sitting along side the road.
so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, because I do not have any [more] room to store my crops?’
So, he called his property manager in and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in a [full] report of [all] your financial transactions, for you are not working for me anymore.’
And a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was full of sores, was laid at the rich man’s doorway.
And it happened that the beggar died and [his spirit] was carried away by angels to a place close to Abraham. And the rich man also died and [his body] was buried.
I know what I will do, so when I am fired they [i.e., his master’s customers] will welcome me into their homes.’
And for some time the judge refused to do it. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not revere God or respect man,
Then the neighbors, who had previously seen the man begging, said, “Is not this the man who [used to] sit there and beg?”
[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the “Beautiful Gate” [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.
but get up, and enter the city [of Damascus] and [there] you will be told what you must do.”
For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, refusing to work, but [instead] are just being busybodies.