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The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:5

In 9 translations

BSB
And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
KJV
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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?
LSV
And having called near each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to 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?
DBY
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?
DRC
Therefore calling together every one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
GNV
Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, and said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of χρεοφειλετῶν: Textus Receptus: χρεωφειλετῶν; Westcott–Hort: χρεοφιλετῶν.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν χρεοφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ ἔλεγεν τῷ πρώτῳ· Πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου;
RP2018
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν χρεωφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ, ἔλεγεν τῷ πρώτῳ, Πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν χρεωφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ, ἔλεγε τῷ πρώτῳ, Πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου;
SCR1894
και προσκαλεσαμενος ενα εκαστον των χρεωφειλετων του κυριου εαυτου ελεγεν τω πρωτω ποσον οφειλεις τω κυριω μου

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◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 7:41–42“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
  • Matthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

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