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Luke 16:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 16:3

Verse 3 of 31

Scripture focus

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Luke 16:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 16:3

Theological / Devotional

Said within himself. As the steward balanced his accounts preparatory to giving them to his master, he thought matters over.

I cannot. Or, “I am not able,” or “I am not strong enough.”

I am resolved. Apparently the steward was guilty and knew that he could not clear himself. Had his stewardship been characterized by integrity it is not likely that he would at this time have resorted to the very type of shrewd dealing of which he had been accused. He had, apparently, been living by his wits and now proposed an even more clever scheme that would still make possible an easy living for himself. While the steward was yet in a position to do so, he would use his present position of authority as a means of providing for the uncertain future.

When I am put out. Rather, “whenever I may be put out.”

They. The steward has in mind his “lord’s debtors” (v. 5). He would place them under personal obligation to him.

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