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Luke 16:1

Jesus also said to his disciples:
[Jesus has just told the parable of the younger son who returned home. The question that is up in the air is: What happened to the older son? Literally, the Greek phrase is "and he also said to his disciples," where the words "and" and "also" clearly connect this story to the previous one. The parable is about the danger of loving money, and it is also related to the next parable about the rich man and Lazarus the beggar. How we handle money in this world affects where we spend eternity.]
"There was a rich man who had a steward. [The rich man owned land with olive trees and fields, and the steward managed all of the owner's affairs.] When the rich man [one day] heard rumors that the steward was squandering (embezzling, spreading out) his property [the same word used for the younger son's squandering, see Luke 15:13],
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Nestle-Aland (NA)

Ἔλεγεν   δὲ   καὶ   πρὸς   τοὺς   μαθητάς   ἄνθρωπός   τις   ἦν   πλούσιος   ὃς   εἶχεν   οἰκονόμον,   καὶ   οὗτος   διεβλήθη   αὐτῷ   ὡς   διασκορπίζων   τὰ   ὑπάρχοντα   αὐτοῦ.  

Textus Receptus (TR)

Ἔλεγεν   δὲ   καὶ   πρὸς   τοὺς   μαθητάς   αὐτοῦ·   ἄνθρωπός   τις   ἦν   πλούσιος   ὃς   εἶχεν   οἰκονόμον,   καὶ   οὗτος   διεβλήθη   αὐτῷ   ὡς   διασκορπίζων   τὰ   ὑπάρχοντα   αὐτοῦ.  

Manuscript comments

NA has 22 words, TR has 23 (+1).


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3004
 Ἔλεγεν (Elegen)
 He was saying
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-IAI-3S
G1161
 δὲ (de)
 now
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G2532
 καὶ (kai)
 also
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G4314
 πρὸς (pros)
 to
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τοὺς (toys)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
T-APM
G3101
 μαθητάς (mathetas)
 disciples,
Noun Noun
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
N-APM
G0444
 ἄνθρωπός (anthropos)
 A man
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM
G5100
 τις (tis)
 certain
Indef. pron. Indefinite pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
X-NSM
G1510
 ἦν (en)
 there was
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-IAI-3S
G4145
 πλούσιος (ploysios)
 rich,
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
A-NSM
G3739
 ὃς (os)
 who
Relative pron. Relative pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
R-NSM
G2192
 εἶχεν (eichen)
 had
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-IAI-3S
G3623
 οἰκονόμον, (oikonomon,)
 a manager,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G2532
 καὶ (kai)
 and
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3778
 οὗτος (oytos)
 he
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
D-NSM
G1225
 διεβλήθη (dieblethe)
 was accused
VERB Verb
aorist pass. ind. aorist passive indicative
sing. third person singular
V-API-3S
G0846
 αὐτῷ (ayto)
 unto him
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
P-DSM
G5613
 ὡς (os)
 as
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G1287
 διασκορπίζων (diaskorpizon)
 wasting
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
V-PAP-NSM
G3588
 τὰ (ta)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G5225
 ὑπάρχοντα (yparchonta)
 possessions
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
accusative pl. Neutral accusative plural Neutral
V-PAP-APN
G0846
 αὐτοῦ. (aytoy.)
 of him.
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
P-GSM

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