Luke 16:2

Good News Translation

so he called him in and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in a complete account of your handling of my property, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:14

God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.

Matthew 12:36

“You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.

Matthew 20:8

“When evening came, the owner told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with those who were hired last and ending with those who were hired first.’

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Luke 12:42

The Lord answered, “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? He is the one that his master will put in charge, to run the household and give the other servants their share of the food at the proper time.

Luke 16:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “There was once a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man was told that the manager was wasting his master's money,

Luke 16:3

The servant said to himself, ‘My master is going to dismiss me from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg.

Romans 14:12

Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.

1 Corinthians 1:11

For some people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you.

1 Corinthians 4:2

The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the spiritual gift that is in you, which was given to you when the prophets spoke and the elders laid their hands on you.

1 Timothy 5:24

The sins of some people are plain to see, and their sins go ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others are seen only later.

1 Peter 4:10

Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.

1 Peter 4:5

But they will have to give an account of themselves to God, who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.