Luke 16:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.

Acts 3:2

And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.

John 9:8

His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?”

Luke 18:4

For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,

Luke 16:22

When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,

Luke 16:20

And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

Luke 12:17

He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’

Mark 10:46

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.

Hosea 9:5

What will you do on the festival day, the day of the Lord’s feast?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes?

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment, when the storm comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth,

Proverbs 29:21

If servants are pampered from childhood they will turn out to be stubborn.

Proverbs 20:4

In seedtime sluggards do not plow; when they look for the harvest, it is not there.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Proverbs 18:9

Those slack in their work are kin to the destroyer.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge, but the path of the diligent is a highway.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

Acts 9:6

Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”

Matthew 20:8

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’

Luke 16:2

He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’

Luke 16:4

I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’