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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Luke 16

Chapter 16

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

a certain

Matthew 18:23,24 25:14-30

a steward

8:3 12:42 Genesis 15:2 43:19 1 Chronicles 28:1 1 Corinthians 4:1,2 Titus 1:7 1 Peter 4:10

wasted

19 15:13,30 19:20 Proverbs 18:9 Hosea 2:8 James 4:3

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

How

Genesis 3:9-11 4:9,10 18:20,21 1 Samuel 2:23,24 1 Corinthians 1:11 1 Timothy 5:24

give

12:42 Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 12:14 Matthew 12:36 Romans 14:12 1 Corinthians 4:2,5 2 Corinthians 5:10 1 Peter 4:5,10 1 Timothy 4:14 Revelation 20:12

for

12:20 19:21-26

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.

said

18:4 Esther 6:6

What

12:17 Isaiah 10:3 Jeremiah 5:31 Hosea 9:5 Acts 9:6

I cannot

Proverbs 13:4 15:19 18:9 19:15 21:25,26 24:30-34 26:13-16 27:23-27 Proverbs 29:21 2 Thessalonians 3:11

to beg

20,22 Proverbs 20:4 Mark 10:46 John 9:8 Acts 3:2

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Proverbs 30:9 Jeremiah 4:22 James 3:15

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

his

7:41,42 Matthew 18:24

And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

measures

"The word Batos in the original containeth nine gallons, three quarts. See Eze 45:10-14."

Take

9,12 Titus 2:10

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

An hundred

20:9,12 Song of Solomon 8:11,12

measures

"The word here interpreted a measure, in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and a pottle. Gr."

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

unjust

10 18:6

done

4 Genesis 3:1 Exodus 1:10 2 Samuel 13:3 2 Kings 10:19 Proverbs 6:6-8

children of this

20:34 Psalms 17:14 1 Corinthians 3:18 Philippians 3:19

in

Psalms 49:10-19 Matthew 17:26

children of light

John 12:36 Ephesians 5:8 1 Thessalonians 5:5 1 Peter 2:9 1 John 3:10

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Make

11:41 14:14 Proverbs 19:17 Ecclesiastes 11:1 Isaiah 58:7,8 Daniel 4:27 Matthew 6:19 19:21 Matthew 25:35-40 Acts 10:4,31 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 1 Timothy 6:17-19 2 Timothy 1:16-18

of the

11,13

mammon

or, riches.

Proverbs 23:5 1 Timothy 6:9,10,17

when

Psalms 73:26 Ecclesiastes 12:3-7 Isaiah 57:16

into

2 Corinthians 4:17,18 5:1 1 Timothy 6:18 Jude 1:21

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

faithful in

11,12 19:17 Matthew 25:21 Hebrews 3:2

he that is unjust

John 12:6 13:2,27

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

in

true

12:33 18:22 Proverbs 8:18,19 Ephesians 3:8 James 2:5 Revelation 3:18

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

in

19:13-26 1 Chronicles 29:14-16 Job 1:21 Ezekiel 16:16-21 Hosea 2:8 Matthew 25:14-29

that which is your

10:42 Colossians 3:3,4 1 Peter 1:4,5

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

servant

9:50 11:23 Joshua 24:15 Matthew 4:10 6:24 Romans 6:16-22 8:5-8 James 4:4 1 John 2:15,16

hate

14:26

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

who

12:15 20:47 Isaiah 56:11 Jeremiah 6:13 8:10 Ezekiel 22:25-29 33:31 Matthew 23:14

derided

8:53 23:35 Psalms 35:15,16 119:51 Isaiah 53:3 Jeremiah 20:7,8 Hebrews 11:36 Hebrews 12:2,3

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Ye

10:29 11:39 18:11,21 20:20,47 Proverbs 20:6 Matthew 6:2,5,16 23:5,25-27 Romans 3:20 James 2:21-25

God

1 Samuel 16:7 1 Chronicles 29:17 2 Chronicles 6:30 Psalms 7:9 139:1,2 Jeremiah 17:10 John 2:25 John 21:17 Acts 1:18 15:8 1 Corinthians 4:5 Revelation 2:23

for

Psalms 10:3 49:13,18 Proverbs 16:5 Isaiah 1:10-14 Amos 5:21,22 Malachi 3:15 1 Peter 3:4 5:5

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Law

29,31 Matthew 11:9-14 John 1:45 Acts 3:18,24,25

the kingdom

9:2 10:9,11 Matthew 3:2 4:17 10:7 Mark 1:14

and every

7:26-29 Matthew 21:32 Mark 1:45 John 11:48 12:19

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

it

21:33 Psalms 102:25-27 Isaiah 51:6 Matthew 5:18 2 Peter 3:10 Revelation 20:11 21:1,4

than

Isaiah 40:8 Romans 3:31 1 Peter 1:25

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Matthew 5:32 19:9 Mark 10:11,12 1 Corinthians 7:4,10-12

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

river

12:16-21 18:24,25 James 5:1-5

clothed

1 15:13 Job 21:11-15 Psalms 73:3-7 Ezekiel 16:49 Amos 6:4-6 Revelation 17:4 Revelation 18:7,16

purple

Judges 8:26 Esther 8:15 Ezekiel 16:13 27:7 Mark 15:17,20

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

a certain

18:35-43 1 Samuel 2:8 James 1:9 2:5

Lazarus

John 11:1

was laid

Acts 3:2

full

21 Job 2:7 Psalms 34:19 73:14 Isaiah 1:6 Jeremiah 8:22

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

desiring

1 Corinthians 4:11 2 Corinthians 11:27

crumbs

Matthew 15:27 Mark 7:28 John 6:12

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

that

Job 3:13-19 Isaiah 57:1,2 Revelation 14:13

was carried

Psalms 91:11,12 Matthew 13:38-43 24:31 Hebrews 2:14

Abraham's

Matthew 8:11 John 13:23 21:20

the river

12:20 Job 21:13,30-32 Psalms 49:6-12,16-19 73:18-20 Proverbs 14:32 Mark 8:36 James 1:11 1 Peter 2:24

and was buried

2 Kings 9:34,35 Ecclesiastes 8:10 Isaiah 14:18 22:16

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

in hell

Psalms 9:17 16:10 49:15 86:13 Proverbs 5:5 7:27 9:18 15:24 Isaiah 14:9,15 Matthew 5:22,29 18:9 23:33 1 Corinthians 15:55 *marg:; 2 Peter 2:4 Revelation 20:13,14

being

28 8:28 Matthew 8:29 Revelation 14:10,11 20:10

seeth

13:28,29 Matthew 8:11,12

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Father

30 3:8 Matthew 3:9 John 8:33-39,53-56 Romans 4:12 9:7,8

have

1 Samuel 28:16 Isaiah 27:11 James 2:13

in water

Isaiah 41:17,18 65:13,14 John 4:10,14 7:37 Revelation 7:16,17 22:1

and cool

Zechariah 14:12 James 3:6

for

Isaiah 66:24 Matthew 25:41 Mark 9:43-49 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Revelation 14:10,11 19:20 20:15

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Son

remember

23 Lamentations 1:7 Daniel 5:22,23,30 Mark 9:46

thy good

6:24 Job 21:13,14 22:18 Psalms 17:14 37:35,36 49:11 73:7,12-19 Romans 8:7 Philippians 3:19 1 John 2:15

likewise

20 John 16:33 Acts 14:22 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Hebrews 11:25 Revelation 7:14

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

between

1 Samuel 25:36 Psalms 49:14 Ezekiel 28:24 Malachi 3:18 2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 James 1:11,12 James 5:1-7

they pass

12:59 Psalms 50:22 Matthew 25:46 John 3:36 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Revelation 20:10 22:11

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

lest

Psalms 49:12,13

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

have

16 Isaiah 8:20 34:16 Malachi 4:2-4 John 5:39-45 Acts 15:21 17:11,12 2 Timothy 3:15-17 2 Peter 1:19-21

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

repent

13:3,5 Revelation 16:9-11

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

neither

John 11:43-53 12:10,11 2 Corinthians 4:3

be persuaded

Genesis 9:27 *marg:; Acts 19:8 26:28 28:23 2 Corinthians 5:11