Luke 16:8 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

⁸ And the Lord praised the steward of injustice, because he did wisely: for the sons of this life are wiser than the children of light in their generation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ “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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

Genesis 3:1

And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 Samuel 13:3

And to Amnon a friend, and his name Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab a man exceeding wise.

2 Kings 10:19

And now all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests, call ye to me: a man shall not be missing: for a great sacrifice to me for Baal; every one who shall be missing shall not live. And Jehu did in fraud, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

Psalm 17:14

From men of thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this world their portion in life, and thou wilt fill their belly with thy hidden things: they will be filled with sons, they left the remaining things to their children.

Exodus 1:10

Come, we will be wise with them, lest they shall multiply, and it was when war shall happen, and also being added to our armies and fighting against us, and they went up from the land.

Proverbs 12:8

According to the mouth of understanding a man shall be praised: and he being perverse of heart shall be for contempt

Matthew 12:32

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be remitted to him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be let go to him, neither in this time, nor that about to be.

Matthew 17:26

Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free.

Luke 16:10

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

Luke 16:4

I have resolved what I will do, that, when I should be removed from the stewardship, they might receive me in their houses.

Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take thy book, and write eighty.

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice says.

Luke 20:34

And Jesus having answered, said to them, The sons of this life marry, and are given in marriage

Luke 20:35

And they having been deemed worthy to obtain that life, and the rising up of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

John 12:36

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye might be the sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and having departed, he was hid from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let none completely deceive himself. If any think to be wise in this life, let him be foolish, that he may he wise.

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:

Philippians 3:19

Whose end destruction, whose God the belly, and their glory in shame, having in mind earthly things.)

1 Thessalonians 5:5

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

1 Peter 2:9

And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the accuser: every one not doing justice is not of God, and he not loving his brother.