Luke 16:3

Luke 16:3

The Parable of the Unjust Steward

1 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was¹ wasting his goods.

2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an ^aaccount of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’

3 “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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

5 “So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

6 And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Within himself (en eautw). As soon as he had time to think the thing over carefully. He knew that he was guilty of embezzlement of the Master's funds.

Taketh away (afaireitai). Present (linear) middle indicative of afairew, old verb to take away. Here the middle present means, He is taking away for himself.

To beg I am not ashamed (epaitein aisxunomai). The infinitive with aisxunomai means ashamed to begin to beg. The participle, epaitwn aisxunomai would mean, ashamed while begging, ashamed of begging while doing it.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 16:3:**

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Colossians 1:25
1 Timothy 1:4

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