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Luke 16:4

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

KJV

ἔγνων τί ποιήσω, ἵνα ὅταν μετασταθῶ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας δέξωνταί με εἰς τοὺς οἴκους ἑαυτῶν.

Greek NT

Scio quid faciam, ut, cum amotus fuero a villicatione, recipiant me in domos suas.

Vulgate

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

ASV

I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέχομαι
dechomai
verb · 56×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
μεθίστημι
methistemi
verb · 5×
οἰκονομία
oikonomia
noun · 9×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἐκ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκ
  • ἐκSBLGNT
  • ἐκWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἑαυτῶν | WH/Treg: ἑαυτῶν | NIV/RP: αὐτῶν
  • ἑαυτῶνSBLGNT
  • ἑαυτῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • αὐτῶνReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Luke 16:8 — 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.