THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Luke Chapter 1 to 20)

[Cosia]

Luke 15:25 (WEB)
"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came nearer to the house, he heard music and dancing.

 

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Luke 15:26 (WEB)
He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

 

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Luke 15:27 (WEB)
He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

 

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Luke 15:28 (WEB)
But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

 

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Luke 15:29 (WEB)
But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

 

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Luke 15:30 (WEB)
But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

 

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Luke 15:31 (WEB)
He said to him, "Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

 

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Luke 15:32 (WEB)
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost and is found.

 

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Luke 16:1 (WEB)
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.

 

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Luke 16:2 (WEB)
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.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Luke 16:3 (WEB) - 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.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Luke 16:4 (WEB) - 4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

 

[Pastor Gary]

Luke 16:5 (WEB) - 5 Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

 

[bobinfaith]

Luke 16:6, 6 The man replied, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.’ So the manager told him, ‘Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.’ - NLT

 

[PaducahLuke]

Luke 16:7 (WEB) 7 - Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

 

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Luke 16:8 (WEB)

8 “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

 

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Luke 16:9 (WEB)

9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Luke 16:10 (WEB)

10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

 

[bobinfaith]

Luke 16:11, 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? - NIV

 

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Luke 16:12 (WEB)
If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?