Luke 16:8 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light.

American Standard Version (1901)

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Common English Bible

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted cleverly. People who belong to this world are more clever in dealing with their peers than are people who belong to the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Luke 16:8 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 12:32

And whosoever speaketh against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that to come.

Matthew 17:26

Of their own sons, or of strangers? Peter saith to him, Of strangers. Jesus saith to him, Then are the sons free.

Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in the least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.

Luke 16:4

I know what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? He said, An hundred measures of wheat. He saith, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith?

Luke 20:34

And Jesus answering said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35

But they who are accounted worthy to obtaan that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

John 12:36

While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become children of light. These things spake Jesus, and retiring concealed himself from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise.

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:

Philippians 3:19

whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame;

1 Thessalonians 5:5

Ye are all children of the light and children of the day: we are not children of the night, nor of darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a purchased people, that ye may shew forth the virtues of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Who in time past were not a people, but now are the people of God;

1 John 3:10

Hereby the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil: whosoever practiseth not righteousness is not of God; neither he that loveth not his brother.