Luke 16:5 - Plain English Version

⁵ There were some people that borrowed things from that rich man, and they didn’t give anything back to him yet. So the manager called those people into the office. He asked one man, ‘What did you borrow from my boss?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So he summoned his master's debtors one by one, and he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Common English Bible

⁵ “One by one, the manager sent for each person who owed his master money. He said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And so, calling together each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my lord?'

Luke 16:5 Cross References

Matthew 18:28

But after that, his work-man went away, and he met another man. Before this time, that other man borrowed a little bit of money from the work-man, just 100 dollars. So the work-man grabbed that other man’s neck and said, ‘Give me back that money right now. It’s my money.’

Matthew 6:12

Please don’t punish us for the bad things that we did, just like we don’t do payback to the people that did bad things to us.

Luke 16:4

What can I do? I know what to do. I will do something to get people to like me, so that after I lose my job, they will look after me, and they will let me live in their homes.’

Luke 16:6

That man said, ‘I borrowed 100 drums of oil.’ The manager said, ‘We can change that. Here is the paper that has the numbers on it. I’ll let you change it right now. Make it 50 drums of oil.’