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I knowἔγνωνwhatτίI will do,ποιήσωso that,ἵναwhenὅτανI am removedμετασταθῶfromἐκthe management,τῆς οἰκονομίαςpeoplewill welcomeδέξωνταίmeμεintoεἰςtheir homes.’τοὺς οἴκους ἑαυτῶν
Luke 16:4
Study it in the app“I know what I will do, so that, when I am removed from the management, people will welcome me into their homes.’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:4, word by word
- I knowἔγνωνegnōn
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “egnōn” appears- I will doποιήσωpoiēsō
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsō” appears- whenὅτανhotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appears- I am removedμετασταθῶmetastathō
depose
Depose someone from a post.
Where else “metastathō” appears- the managementοἰκονομίαςoikonomias
management
The job of looking after someone's house or goods.
Where else “oikonomias” appears- will welcomeδέξωνταίdexōntai
welcome
To gladly take in someone or something.
Where else “dexōntai” appears- their homes.’οἴκουςoikous
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikous” appears
The context
3And 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And summoning each one of his master’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
To study Luke 16 in a group
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?