^16:2So⁵ he called the manager⁶ in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you?⁷ Turn in the account of your administration,⁸ because you can no longer be my manager.’

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Footnotes

5 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the reports the man received about his manager.
6 Grk “him”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 Although phrased as a question, the charges were believed by the owner, as his dismissal of the manager implies.
8 Or “stewardship”; the Greek word οἰκονομία (oikonomia) is cognate with the noun for the manager (οἰκονόμος, oikonomos).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

NLTNew Living Translation

So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

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