lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
Luke 16:4 - English Standard Version 2016 I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have come to know what I will do, so that they [my master's debtors] may accept and welcome me into their houses when I am put out of the management. American Standard Version (1901) I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Common English Bible I know what I’ll do so that, when I am removed from my management position, people will welcome me into their houses. Catholic Public Domain Version I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. |
lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.