Luke 16:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the managership away from me. I am unable to dig, I am 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.

Luke 16:3 Cross References

Esther 6:6

And when Haman came in, the sovereign asked him, “What is to be done for the man whom the sovereign delights to value?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the sovereign delight to value more than me?”

Proverbs 13:4

The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the straight is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!

Proverbs 29:21

He who deals tenderly With his servant from youth, Has him as a son in the end.

Isaiah 10:3

“What shall you do in the day of visitation, and in the ruin which comes from afar? To whom would you run for help? And where would you leave your wealth?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so. And what are you going to do at the end of it?

Hosea 9:5

What do you do for the appointed meeting, and in the day of the festival of יהוה ?

Matthew 20:8

“And when evening came, the master of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’

Mark 10:46

And they came to Yeriḥ

Luke 12:17

“And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?’

Luke 16:2

“So having called him he said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, for you are no longer able to be manager.’

Luke 16:20

“And there was a certain beggar named Elʽ

Luke 16:22

“And it came to be that the beggar died, and was carried by the messengers to the bosom of Aḇ

Luke 16:4

‘I know what I shall do, that, when I am removed from the managership, they might receive me into their houses.’

Luke 18:4

“And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Even if I do not fear Elohim nor regard man,

John 9:8

Therefore the neighbours and those who saw him before, that he was blind, said, “Is not this he who was sitting and begging?”

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, lame from his birth, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the Set-apart Place which is called Yaphah, to ask alms from those entering into the Set-apart Place,

Acts 9:6

Both trembling, and being astonished, he said, “Master, what do You wish me to do?” And the Master said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you have to do.”

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear of some among you walking disorderly, not working at all, but are busybodies.