Luke 16:5
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke 16:5 in other translations
| BSB | And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first. |
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| WEB | Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’ |
| ASV | And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? |
| YLT | ‘And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord? |
| DARBY | And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? |
| BBE | And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord? |
| Webster | So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? |
What does Luke 16:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:5-7
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Debtors. Those who owed his master, or perhaps tenants; those who rented land of his master.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 16:1-12
Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all liable to the same charge; we have not made due improvement of what God has trusted us with. The steward cannot deny it; he must make up his accounts, and be gone. This may teach us that death will come, and deprive us of the…
Luke 16:5 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 16:5
- Luke 7:41-42
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
- Matthew 18:24
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
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Context
- 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.
- Luke 16:5
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
- Luke 16:6
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Luke 16:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y llamando á cada uno de los deudores de su señor, dijo al primero: ¿Cuánto debes á mi señor? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ayant appelé chacun des débiteurs de son maître, il dit au premier: Combien dois-tu à mon maître? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er rief jeden einzelnen der Schuldner seines Herrn herzu und sprach zu dem ersten: Wieviel bist du meinem Herrn schuldig? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui, dicebat primo: Quantum debes domino meo? |