Luke 16:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with 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

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

2 Samuel 13:3

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shime-ah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man.

2 Kings 10:19

Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

Psalm 17:14

from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.

Exodus 1:10

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

Proverbs 12:8

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 17:26

And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

Luke 16:10

“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

Luke 16:4

I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.’

Luke 16:7

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

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

Luke 20:34

And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage;

Luke 20:35

but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Ephesians 5:8

for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.