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.

KJV

⁸ 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.

BSB

⁸The 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.

FBV

⁸The rich man commended his dishonest manager for his cunning idea. The children of this world are more cunning towards one another than are the children of light.

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Extra References

1 Thessalonians 5:5

⁵You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

Ephesians 5:8

⁸For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Luke 16:10

¹⁰He 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.

Proverbs 6:6-8

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; ⁷which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, ⁸provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

John 12:36

³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

1 John 3:10

¹⁰In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Exodus 1:10

¹⁰Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”

Luke 16:4

⁴I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

Genesis 3:1

¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

1 Corinthians 3:18

¹⁸Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.