Luke 16:8

Weymouth NT

»And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.«

Cross References

Matthew 12:32

And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness.«

Matthew 17:26

»From others,« he replied. »Then the children go free,« said Jesus.

Luke 16:10

The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

Luke 16:4

I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

Luke 16:7

»To a second he said,« `And how much do you owe?' »`A hundred quarters of wheat,' was the answer.« »`Here is your account,' said he: `change it into eighty quarters.'«

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, »Hear those words of the unjust judge.

Luke 20:34

»The men of this age,« replied Jesus, »marry, and the women are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

John 12:36

In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.« Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become »foolish« so that he may be wise.

Ephesians 5:8

There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

1 John 3:10

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.