2He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'


In Context

1 He also said to his disciples, |There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

3 |The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

Luke 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:2So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2And having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for thou mayest be no longer steward.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward.