Study it in the app“And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.”
Andδὲthe managerὁ οἰκονόμοςsaidεἶπενwithinἐνhimself,ἑαυτῷ‘WhatΤίshall I do,ποιήσωsinceὅτιmy masterὁ κύριός μουis taking awayἀφαιρεῖταιthe managementτὴν οἰκονομίανfromἀπ’me?ἐμοῦI am notοὐκstrong enoughἰσχύωto dig;σκάπτεινI am ashamedαἰσχύνομαιto beg.ἐπαιτεῖν
manager
One who oversees another's goods.
Where else “oikonomos” appearssay to oneself
To say to oneself, to think.
Where else “eipen” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsō” appearsmaster
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyrios” appearscut off, take away
Take away, cut off.
Where else “aphaireitai” appearsmanagement
The job of looking after someone's house or goods.
Where else “oikonomian” appearsbe able
To have the strength or the capacity to do something.
Where else “ischyō” appearsdig
Dig.
Where else “skaptein” appearsbe ashamed
To be ashamed.
Where else “aischynomai” appearsbeg
Beg.
Where else “epaitein” appears2And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 · This verse (above)
4I know what I will do, so that, when I am removed from the management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?
