Luke 16:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ 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.

Luke 16:3 Cross References

Matthew 20:8

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.’

Mark 10:46

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.

Luke 12:17

so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, because I do not have any [more] room to store my crops?’

Luke 16:2

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.’

Luke 16:20

And a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was full of sores, was laid at the rich man’s doorway.

Luke 16:22

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.

Luke 16:4

I know what I will do, so when I am fired they [i.e., his master’s customers] will welcome me into their homes.’

Luke 18:4

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,

John 9:8

Then the neighbors, who had previously seen the man begging, said, “Is not this the man who [used to] sit there and beg?”

Acts 3:2

[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.

Acts 9:6

but get up, and enter the city [of Damascus] and [there] you will be told what you must do.”

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, refusing to work, but [instead] are just being busybodies.