Abram said, “Lord YHWH, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Luke 16:1 - Y'all Version Bible Now Jesus said to his disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was wasting his possessions. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition ALSO [Jesus] said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager of his estate, and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that he was squandering his [master's] possessions. American Standard Version (1901) And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. Common English Bible Jesus also said to the disciples, “A certain rich man heard that his household manager was wasting his estate. Catholic Public Domain Version And he also said to his disciples: "A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. |
Abram said, “Lord YHWH, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, the captains of the companies who served the king by division, the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired to the first.’
The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country. There he squandered his estate with wild living.
But when this son of yours, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes comes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen, happily living in luxury every day.
So he called him and asked, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, because you can no longer be manager.’
Then another came and said, ‘Sir, look, here is your mina which I kept safe in a handkerchief,
Joanna the wife of Chuzas (Herod’s house manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them from their resources.
As a household manager for God, the overseer must be unaccusable, not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not always around wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,
Y’all ask and don’t receive, because y’all ask with wrong motives, that y’all may spend it on y’all’s pleasures.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as excellent stewards of the grace of God in its various forms.