Luke 16:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁸ So the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Common English Bible

⁸ “The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted cleverly. People who belong to this world are more clever in dealing with their peers than are people who belong to the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Luke 16:8 Cross References

Matthew 12:32

And whoever says a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the coming [one.]

Matthew 17:26

Peter said to Him, "From strangers."Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

Luke 16:10

He that [is] faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in what is least is also unjust in much.

Luke 16:4

I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management, they will receive me into their houses.'

Luke 16:7

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' So he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

Luke 18:6

Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.

Luke 20:34

And Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35

But those who have been counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light."These things Jesus spoke, and departing, He was hidden from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light-

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame-who are mindful of earthly things.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.