So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”
Luke 16:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the manager of the estate said to himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking the management away from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. American Standard Version (1901) And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed. Common English Bible “The household manager said to himself, What will I do now that my master is firing me as his manager? I’m not strong enough to dig and too proud to beg. Catholic Public Domain Version And the steward said within himself: 'What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. |
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”
The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
What will you do on the day of appointed festival and on the day of the festival of the Lord?
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’
They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’
So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’
The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.’
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.
But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
For we hear that some of you are living irresponsibly, mere busybodies, not doing any work.