Luke 16:8

Good News Translation

As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”

2 Samuel 13:3

But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah.

2 Kings 10:19

Call together all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. No one is excused; I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal, and whoever is not present will be put to death.” (This was a trick on the part of Jehu by which he meant to kill all the worshipers of Baal.)

Psalm 17:14

save me from those who in this life have all they want. Punish them with the sufferings you have stored up for them; may there be enough for their children and some left over for their children's children!

Exodus 1:10

In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous.”

Proverbs 12:8

If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

Matthew 12:32

Anyone who says something against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says something against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven—now or ever.

Matthew 17:26

“The foreigners,” answered Peter. “Well, then,” replied Jesus, “that means that the citizens don't have to pay.

Luke 16:10

Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones.

Luke 16:4

Now I know what I will do! Then when my job is gone, I shall have friends who will welcome me in their homes.’

Luke 16:7

Then he asked another one, ‘And you—how much do you owe?’ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he answered. ‘Here is your account,’ the manager told him; ‘write eight hundred.’

Luke 18:6

And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.

Luke 20:34

Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry,

Luke 20:35

but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry.

John 12:36

Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light.” After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.

Ephesians 5:8

You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,

Philippians 3:19

They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.