Luke 16:3 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

³ “So, the manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I am not strong enough to dig ditches. I am too proud to beg.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ “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

³ 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

³ 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.

Luke 16:3 Tagairtí Cros

Esther 6:6

When Haman came in, the king asked him a question. He said, “Haman, what should be done for a man the king wants to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would want to honor more than me? I’m sure that the king is talking about honoring me.”

Proverbs 13:4

Lazy people always want things but never get them. Those who work hard get plenty.

Proverbs 15:19

For lazy people, life is a path overgrown with thorns and thistles. For those who do what is right, it is a smooth highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Someone who does careless work is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

Proverbs 20:4

Some people are too lazy to plant seeds. So at harvest time, they look for food and find nothing.

Proverbs 29:21

Give your servants everything they want, and they will learn to be wasteful.

Isaiah 10:3

Lawmakers, you will have to explain what you have done. What will you do then? Your destruction is coming from a faraway country. Where will you run for help? Your money and your riches will not help you.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies. The priests will not do what they were chosen to do, and my people love it this way! But what will you people do when your punishment comes?

Hosea 9:5

They will not be able to celebrate the Lord’s feasts or festivals.

Matthew 20:8

“At the end of the day, the owner of the field said to the boss of all the workers, ‘Call the workers and pay them all. Start by paying the last people I hired. Then pay all of them, ending with the ones I hired first.’

Mark 10:46

Then they came to the town of Jericho. When Jesus left there with his followers, a large crowd was with them. A blind man named Bartimaeus (meaning “son of Timaeus”) was sitting by the road. He was always begging for money.

Luke 12:17

He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’

Luke 16:2

So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘I have heard bad things about you. Give me a report of what you have done with my money. You can’t be my manager anymore.’

Luke 16:20

There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. He was often put by the rich man’s gate.

Luke 16:22

“Later, Lazarus died. The angels took him and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:4

I know what I will do! I will do something to make friends, so that when I lose my job, they will welcome me into their homes.’

Luke 18:4

But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don’t care about God. And I don’t care about what people think.

John 9:8

His neighbors and some others who had seen him begging said, “Look! Is this the same man who always sits and begs?”

Acts 3:2

As they were entering the Temple area, a man was there who had been crippled all his life. He was being carried by some friends who brought him to the Temple every day. They put him by one of the gates outside the Temple. It was called Beautiful Gate. There he begged for money from the people going to the Temple.

Acts 9:6

Get up now and go into the city. Someone there will tell you what you must do.”

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some people in your group refuse to work. They are doing nothing except being busy in the lives of others.