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Luke 16:2

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.

KJV

καὶ φωνήσας αὐτὸν εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί τοῦτο ἀκούω περὶ σοῦ; ἀπόδος τὸν λόγον τῆς οἰκονομίας σου· οὐ γὰρ δύνῃ ἔτι οἰκονομεῖν.

Greek NT

Et vocavit illum, et ait illi : Quid hoc audio de te ? redde rationem villicationis tuæ : jam enim non poteris villicare.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οἰκονομέω
oikonomeo
verb · 1×
οἰκονομία
oikonomia
noun · 9×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φωνέω
phoneo
verb · 43×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δύνῃ | WH/Treg/NIV: δύνῃ | RP: δύνήσῃ
  • δύνῃSBLGNT
  • δύνῃWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δύνήσῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 4:5 — Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
  • 1Pet 4:5 — Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
  • 1Sam 2:23 — And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
  • 1Tim 5:24 — Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
  • 2Cor 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
  • Eccl 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
  • Eccl 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
  • Heb 13:17 — Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
  • Jas 3:1 — My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
  • Luke 8:18 — Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
  • Luke 12:48 — But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much,
  • Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
  • Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte
  • Rom 14:12 — So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.