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Andκαὶsummoningπροσκαλεσάμενοςeach oneἕνα ἕκαστονof his master’sτοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦdebtors,τῶν χρεοφειλετῶνhe saidἔλεγενto the first,τῷ πρώτῳ‘How muchΠόσονdo you oweὀφείλειςmy master?’τῷ κυρίῳ μου
Luke 16:5
Study it in the app“And summoning each one of his master’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:5, word by word
- summoningπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos
summon
Call to oneself, summon.
Where else “proskalesamenos” appears- each oneἕναhena
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hena” appears- each oneἕκαστονhekaston
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekaston” appears- of his master’sκυρίουkyriou
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriou” appears- debtorsχρεοφειλετῶνchreopheiletōn
debtor
Debtor.
Where else “chreopheiletōn” appears- he saidἔλεγενelegen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegen” appears- to the firstπρώτῳprōtōi
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtōi” appears- ‘How muchΠόσονPoson
how much, how many
How much, how great; how many.
Where else “Poson” appears- do you oweὀφείλειςopheileis
owe
To be in debt to someone.
Where else “opheileis” appears
The context
4I know what I will do, so that, when I am removed from the management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5 · This verse (above)
6And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
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?