Luke 16:14

“And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also who were couetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
- Basic English Bible

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
- Darby Bible

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.
- Webster's Bible

To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.
- Weymouth Bible

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
- World English Bible

But the Farisees, that weren coueytous, herden alle these thingis, and thei scorneden hym.
- Wycliffe Bible

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for Luke 16:14

Wesley's Notes for Luke 16:14


16:12 If ye have not been faithful in that which was another's - None of these temporal things are yours: you are only stewards of them, not proprietors: God is the proprietor of all; he lodges them in your hands for a season: but still they are his property. Rich men, understand and consider this. If your steward uses any part of your estate (so called in the language of men) any farther or any otherwise than you direct, he is a knave: he has neither conscience nor honour. Neither have you either one or the other, if you use any part of that estate, which is in truth God's, not yours, any otherwise than he directs. That which is your own - Heaven, which when you have it, will be your own for ever.

16:13 And you cannot be faithful to God, if you trim between God and the world, if you do not serve him alone. #Mt 6:24|.

16:15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men - The sense of the whole passage is, that pride, wherewith you justify yourselves, feeds covetousness, derides the Gospel, #Lu 16:14|, and destroys the law, #Lu 16:18|. All which is illustrated by a terrible example. Ye justify yourselves before men - Ye think yourselves righteous, and persuade others to think you so.

16:16 The law and the prophets were in force until John: from that time the Gospel takes place; and humble upright men receive it with inexpressible earnestness. #Mt 11:13|.



People's Bible Notes for Luke 16:14


Lu 16:14 The Pharisees . . . derided him. They understood the parable as an attack on covetousness and, like the worldly wise, thought his doctrine foolish.

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