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Selected Verse: Luke 16:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 16:5	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
fifty . . . fourscore--deducting a half from the debt of the one, and a fifth from that of the other.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

fifty . . . fourscore--deducting a half from the debt of the one, and a fifth from that of the other.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Called every one - As he was "steward," he had the management of all the affairs, and, of course, debts were to be paid to him. Debtors - Those who "owed" his master, or perhaps "tenants;" those who rented land of his master.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Called every one - As he was "steward," he had the management of all the affairs, and, of course, debts were to be paid to him.

Debtors - Those who "owed" his master, or perhaps "tenants;" those who rented land of his master.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
He called Alford and Trench think that the debtors were together; but the words seem to me to indicate that he dealt with them separately. He called to him each one, and said unto the first; after that (ἔπειτα) another.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

He called

Alford and Trench think that the debtors were together; but the words seem to me to indicate that he dealt with them separately. He called to him each one, and said unto the first; after that (ἔπειτα) another.

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