Luke 16:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I have come to know what I will do, so that they [my master's debtors] may accept and welcome me into their houses when I am put out of the management.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Common English Bible

⁴ I know what I’ll do so that, when I am removed from my management position, people will welcome me into their houses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'

Luke 16:4 Cross References

James 3:15

This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

Luke 16:3

Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:5

So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luke 16:9

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone they may welcome you into the eternal homes.