Luke 16:1

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

Cross-references

Luke 12:42 Parallel

In Luke 12:42, the faithful manager is entrusted with household provision—the same steward figure and accountability theme.

Luke 15:13 Parallel

Luke 15:13 describes the prodigal son squandering his inheritance, paralleling the steward's wasteful mismanagement of possessions.

Luke 15:30 Parallel

Luke 15:30 repeats the accusation of wasting property with reckless living, reinforcing the theme of wasteful stewardship.

Luke 19:20 Contrast

Luke 19:20 shows a servant who hoarded his master's money—a different failure of stewardship than the steward's active waste.

In Matthew 18:23, a king settles accounts with servants—same parable structure of a master calling managers to account.

In Matthew 25:14-30, a master entrusts resources to servants, directly paralleling stewardship themes and accountability.

In 1 Corinthians 4:1, Paul calls apostles 'stewards of God's mysteries,' echoing the same Greek term oikonomos used here.

1 Corinthians 4:2 requires stewards to be found trustworthy—contrasting the unfaithful steward here who wasted his master's goods.

Titus 1:7 Allusion

Titus 1:7 describes an overseer as God's steward who must be above reproach, applying the same steward expectation to church leaders.

1 Peter 4:10 calls believers to serve as good stewards of God's varied grace, extending the steward concept to all spiritual gifts.

In Proverbs 21:20, a foolish man devours his treasure—same idea of wasting possessions as the steward here.

In Matthew 25:19, the master settles accounts with servants entrusted with talents—same reckoning as the steward faces here.

In Matthew 25:29, the unfaithful servant loses even what he has—same outcome as the steward who will be put out of his stewardship.

In Genesis 47:14, Joseph faithfully collects money for Pharaoh—a contrast to the dishonest steward wasting his master's goods here.

In 2 Kings 12:15, workers are trusted without accounting because they deal honestly—opposite of the dishonest steward here.

Proverbs 18:9 says slackness in work is akin to destruction, connecting to the steward's destructive wastefulness.