Luke 16:2 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 16:2

So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

BSB

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ASV

And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

KJV

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Letter 121, Chapter 6 (420)

You proposed a little question about the Gospel of Luke (Chapter 16, verse 1 et seq.): Who is the steward of iniquity who is praised by the voice of the Lord? When I wanted to know the reason for this and from which source it came, I examined the volume of the Gospel, and I found among other things that, as the tax collectors and sinners approached the Saviour to hear him, the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, "Why does this one receive sinners and eat with them?" (Luke 15:2).

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

(ut sup.) Meanwhile he is taken and thrust out of his stewardship; for it follows, And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? give an account of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward. Day after day by the events which take place our Lord cries aloud to us the same thing, showing us a man at midday rejoicing in health, before the evening cold and lifeless; another expiring in the midst of a meal.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Give an account of thy, etc. - Produce thy books of receipts and disbursements, that I may see whether the accusation against thee be true or false. The original may be translated, Give up the business, τον λογον, of the stewardship.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2445: “The Last Sermon for the Year” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1895)

THE first part of this text applies to us all. The second part will apply to each one of us before long. "Give an account of your stewardship," is a command that may be addressed to the ungodly. They are accountable to God for all that they have, or have ever had, or ever shall have. The Law of the Lord is not relaxed because they have sinned—they still remain responsible to God even though they attempt to cast off the yoke of the Almighty.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
φωνήσας	phōnēsas	having called	G5455 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
εἶπεν	eipen	he said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
τί	ti	What [is]	G5101 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
ἀκούω	akouō	I hear	G191 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
σοῦ;	sou	you?	G4771 →
ἀπόδος	apodos	do give	G591 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	account	G3056 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
οἰκονομίας	oikonomias	stewardship	G3622 →
σου·	sou	of you;	G4771 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
δύνῃ	dunē	you are able	G1410 →
ἔτι	eti	any longer	G2089 →
οἰκονομεῖν.	oikonomein	to manage.	G3621 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
leads to
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:12
  “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
- Ephesians 6:8
  because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
- Psalms 62:12
  and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
Through
Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 2:16
  on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Matthew 12:36
  But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke