Luke 16:5
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Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?

his.

Luke 7:41,42 A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence and the other fifty. . . .

Matthew 18:24 And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Context
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
4I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord? 6But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 18:28
But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

Luke 16:4
I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Luke 16:6
But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.

Lexicon
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he called in
προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4341: To call to myself, summon. Middle voice from pros and kaleo; to call toward oneself, i.e. Summon, invite.

each
ἕκαστον (hekaston)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

one
ἕνα (hena)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

of his
ἑαυτοῦ (heautou)
Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

master’s
κυρίου (kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

debtors.
χρεοφειλετῶν (chreopheiletōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5533: A debtor. From a derivative of chrao and opheiletes; a loan-ower, i.e. Indebted person.

‘How much
Πόσον (Poson)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4214: How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many).

do you owe
ὀφείλεις (opheileis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

master?’
κυρίῳ (kyriō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

he asked
ἔλεγεν (elegen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

first.
πρώτῳ (prōtō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.


Additional Translations
And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

And having summoned each one of his master's debtors, he was saying to the first, 'How much do you owe to my master?'

So he called every one of his lord's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord?

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

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?

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'

Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

'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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