# Luke 16.1-2

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. And he said also unto the disciples, <span class="rl-speech">There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.</span> 2. And he called him, and said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.</span>**
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> 3. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. (Luke 16:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. He also said to his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">“There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.</span> 2. He called him, and said to him, <span class="rl-speech">‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’</span>**
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> 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 16:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. And he said also unto his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.</span> 2. And he called him, and said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.</span>**
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> 3. 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. 4. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. (Luke 16:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. And he said also unto his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;</span> 2. and having called him, he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.</span>**
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> 3. <span class="rl-speech">'And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed:</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.</span> (Luke 16:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 16](/codex/luke-16/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.