Luke 16:8

Young's Literal Translation 1898

‘And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, ‘Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?’

2 Samuel 13:3

And Amnon hath a friend, and his name [is] Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab [is] a very wise man,

2 Kings 10:19

and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking — he doth not live;’ and Jehu hath done [it] in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

Psalm 17:14

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Exodus 1:10

give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.’

Proverbs 12:8

According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

Matthew 17:26

Peter saith to him, ‘From the strangers.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Then are the sons free;

Luke 16:10

‘He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

Luke 16:4

I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

Luke 16:7

‘Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, ‘Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

Luke 20:34

And Jesus answering said to them, ‘The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

Luke 20:35

but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;

John 12:36

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.’ These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

Ephesians 5:8

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

Philippians 3:19

whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

1 Peter 2:9

and ye [are] a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

1 John 3:10

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,