Luke 19:15 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he bade be called unto him these servants, to whom he had given the silver, that he might take note, what business they had done.

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them: ⁵ Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them: ⁶ Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.

²³ For this cause, hath the kingdom of the heavens become like unto a man, a king, who wished to settle an account with his servants; ²⁴ And, when he, began, to settle, there was brought unto him a, certain, debtor, of a thousand talents; ²⁵ and, he, not having, wherewith to pay, the master ordered him to be sold, and the wife, and the children, and whatsoever he had,––and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore, falling down, began to do homage unto him, saying––Have patience with me, and, all, will I pay thee. ²⁷ And, moved with compassion, the master of that servant released him, and, the loan, he, forgave, him. ²⁸ But that servant, going out, found one of his fellow–servants, who owed him, a hundred denaries, and, laying hold of him, he began seizing him by the throat, saying, Pay! if anything thou owest. ²⁹ His fellow servant, therefore, falling down, began beseeching him, saying, Have patience with me! And I will pay thee. ³⁰ He, however, would not, but went away and cast him into prison,––until he should pay what was owing. ³¹ His fellow–servants, therefore, seeing, the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly,––and went and made quite plain to their master all the things which had been done. ³² Then, calling him near, his master saith unto him––O wicked servant! All that debt, forgave I thee, because thou didst beseech me. ³³ Was it not binding, upon thee also, to have mercy upon thy fellow–servant, as, I also, on thee, had mercy? ³⁴ And, provoked to anger, his master delivered him up to the torturers, until he should pay all that was owing. ³⁵ Thus, my heavenly Father also, will do unto you, if ye forgive not each one his brother, from your hearts.

¹⁹ And, after a long time, cometh the lord of those servants, and reckoneth with them.

⁴⁸ Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.

² And, accosting him, he said unto him––What is this I hear of thee? Render the account of thy stewardship, for thou canst no longer be steward. ³ And the steward said within himself––What shall I do, because my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? Dig, I cannot: to beg, I am ashamed. ⁴ I know what I will do, that, when I am removed out of the stewardship, they may welcome me into their own houses. ⁵ And, calling unto him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he was saying unto the first,––How much owest thou my lord? ⁶ And, he, said––A hundred baths of oil. And, he, said unto him––Kindly take thine accounts, and, sitting down, make haste and write––Fifty! ⁷ After that, unto another, he said––And how much owest, thou? And, he, said––A hundred homers of wheat. He saith unto him––Kindly take thine accounts, and write––Eighty! ⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted:––Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation. ⁹ And, I, unto you, say––For yourselves, make ye friends, with the unjust Riches, in order that, as soon as it shall fail, they may welcome you into the age–abiding tents. ¹⁰ The faithful in least, in much also, is, faithful, and, he that in least is unrighteous, in much also, is, unrighteous. ¹¹ If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust? ¹² And, if, in what was another’s, ye proved unfaithful, your own, who will give unto you? ¹³ No domestic, can, unto two masters, be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, unto the one, he will hold, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot, unto God, be in service, and unto Riches.

¹⁰ But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God; ¹¹ For it is written––Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God. ¹² Hence, [then], each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God.

¹ Let a man, so, be reckoning of us, as officers of Christ, and stewards of sacred secrets of God. ² Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards, that, faithful, one be found. ³ With me, however, it counteth for the very smallest thing, that, by you, I should be examined, or by a human day. Nay! I am not even examining myself, ⁴ For, of nothing, to myself, am I conscious: nevertheless, not hereby, am I declared righteous, but, he that doth examine me, is the Lord. ⁵ So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything,––until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.