Luke 16:4

Luke 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
• New International Version (NIV)I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’

Context of Luke 16:4

2So the master sent someone to bring his servant to him. He said to his servant, “I am hearing bad stories about you. So write down everything that you have done with my money and my things. Then you must stop working for me.” 3“I must think about what I can do,” the servant said to himself. “My master will not let me work for him any longer. I am not strong enough to dig in the ground. I would be ashamed to ask other people for money. I must stop working for my master. But I know what I can do so that people will then accept me into their homes.” 5Many people had a debt that they had not paid back to the master. So the servant told those people to come to him. He asked the first man, “How big is your debt to my master?” 6The man replied, “I have to give him 100 barrels of oil.” The servant said to him, “Here is the paper with your debt written down on it. Take the paper. Sit down now and write 50 barrels there.”

Luke 16:4 word by word

ἔγνων τί ποιήσω, ἵνα ὅταν μετασταθῶ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας δέξωνταί με εἰς τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am resolvedγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• I am put outμεθίστημιmethistēmi methistanō · to moveG3179
• of the stewardshipὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the stewardshipοἰκονομίαoikonomia · managementG3622
• they may receiveδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• housesοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624

Cross-references for Luke 16:4

• Proverbs 30:9If I have more than enough, I might say that I do not know you. I might say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ But if I am poor, I might rob people. That would insult my God's good name.
• Jeremiah 4:22The Lord says, ‘My people are fools. They do not know me. They are like children who do not know anything. They understand nothing. They are very clever at doing evil things. But they do not know how to do what is good.’
• James 3:15You are not being wise in the way that God wants you to be wise. Instead, you are thinking like people who do not know God. Your thoughts do not come from God's Spirit. They come from demons.

Commentaries on Luke 16:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They may receive me - That is, the debtors and tenants, who paid their debts and rents, not in money, but in kind; such as wheat, oil, and other produce of their lands.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I am resolved - He thought of his condition. He looked at the plans which occurred to him. He had been dishonest, and knew that he must lose his place. It would have been better to have “considered before this,” and resolved on a proper course of life, and to be faithful to his trust; and his perplexity here teaches us that dishonesty will sooner or later lead us into difficulty, and that the path of honesty is not only the “right” path, but is the path…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. may receive me, &c.--Observe his one object--when cast out of one home to secure another. This is the key to the parable, on which there have been many differing views.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:4

• Covetousness
• Dishonesty
• Embezzlement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Malfeasance in Office
• Probation
• Servant
• Steward
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare
• Put
• Riches
• Torment

Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings