 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord...done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 438 pages
...he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord...done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children ef light. • And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1810 - 500 pages
...he to another, and how much owest thou ? And he said, an hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord...had done wisely : for the children of this world are wiser in their generation, than the children of light.' The scope of our Lord's argument in this passage,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 482 pages
...instantly, and prostrate ourselves before our offended God—] CCLIX. THE UNJUST STEWARD. Luke xvi. 8.—And the Lord commended the unjust steward; because he...done -wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. THE parables never were intended to bear to the... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord rain-mended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to yeur-selves friends... | |
 | Henry Card - 1811 - 304 pages
...with the service of God, Jesus might have looked to that maxim, when he made the above declaration. " And the Lord commended the unjust Steward because he had done wisely." — Luke ami. 8. \ IT is the characteristic mark of excellence in the parables of our Saviour, to be... | |
 | Alden Bradford - 1813 - 544 pages
...hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill 3 and write fourscore. And the master commended the unjust steward ; because he had done wisely:* for the children of this world are in their generation more prudent than the 9 children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
..."Who are meant here by the "children of this world 1 " Their character is declared in Luke xvi. 8 : "And the lord commended the unjust steward, because...done wisely ; for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." Here the words " children of this world " are evidently... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1814 - 428 pages
...much invest thou? And he said, An hundred measures, of wheat. And he said utit.o him. Take thy bill, & write four-score. And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had dune wisely : fprk the children of this world are vyiser in their generation, than the children of... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you,... | |
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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 
