But I say to you, that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Luke 16:2 - English Majority Text Version 2009 And calling him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he called him and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management [of my affairs], for you can be [my] manager no longer. American Standard Version (1901) And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward. Common English Bible He called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of your administration because you can no longer serve as my manager.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And he called him and said to him: 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. |
But I say to you, that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
"So when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.'
But God said to him, ['You ]fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'
And the Lord said, "Who then is a faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this [man] was accused to him as wasting his possessions.
"Then the manager said within himself, 'What shall I do? For my master is taking the management away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe's household, that there is quarreling among you.
Now furthermore what is required among the stewards, is that one be found faithful.
So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make clear the purposes of the hearts. Then each one's praise shall come from God.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, in accordance with the things which he did, whether good or bad.
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
The sins of some men are evident beforehand, preceding them to judgment, but some also follow after.
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
They will render an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books. And another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.