Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
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.
“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.
And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- unjust
- Luke 16:10; Luke 18:6
- done
- Luke 16:4; Genesis 3:1; Exodus 1:10; 2 Samuel 13:3; 2 Kings 10:19; Proverbs 6:6–8
- children of this
- Luke 20:34; Psalm 17:14; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 3:19
- in
- Psalm 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