Luke Chapter 16 verse 5 Holy Bible
And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
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And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
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`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 5, 6, and 7 simply paint in the details of the interesting picture of the parable. This singular plan of providing for himself by becoming a benefactor of the debtor, remarks Professor Bruce, was by no means the only possible one under the circumstances; but the Speaker of the parable made his hero make choice of it as the aim of the imaginary narrative was to teach the value of beneficence as a passport into the eternal habitations. Various explanations have been suggested to account for the difference in the gifts to the debtors. It is probable that when our Lord spoke the parable, reasons for these varied gifts were given, such as the circumstances of the debtors. It is scarcely now worth while to frame ingenious guesses respecting the details, which apparently do not affect the grand lessons which the story was intended to teach.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) So he called every one of his lord's debtors.--The debtors might be either men who had bought their wheat and their oil at the hands of the steward; or, as the sequel renders more probable, tenants who, after the common custom of the East, paid their rent in kind. Who, we ask, are the "debtors," in the interpretation of the parable? The Lord's Prayer supplies the answer to that question. The "debtors" are those who have sinned against God, who have left undone the things which they were bound to do, who have made no return for the outward blessings they have received. The unfaithful Church or party tries to secure its position by working on the lower nature of those who have the sense of that burden upon them. It neither gives the sense of peace or pardon, nor asserts the righteous severity of God's commandments. It keeps their consciences uneasy, and traffics in its absolutions.