KJV:
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.
NASB:
"And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
KJV:
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
NASB:
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
KJV:
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
NASB:
'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
KJV:
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
NASB:
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
KJV:
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
NASB:
with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him
KJV:
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
NASB:
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;
KJV:
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
NASB:
and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
KJV:
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
NASB:
Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
KJV:
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
NASB:
nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.