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However, although the master has "a certain grudging admiration" [7] for the manager's "shrewdness", Jesus labels the manager "dishonest". [6] To add to the interpretations, several different sayings about money were attached to the parable here. It is a matter of debate whether sayings about trust or serving two masters apply to this parable ...
The New International Version calls this story "the parable of the shrewd manager", [4] reflecting the wording of verse 8a where "the master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly". [5] According to Eric Franklin, this parable is "noteworthy for its obscurity". [2]
Feb. 3—As the second of three parables in a row that deal with money and the importance of how it is handled, Jesus told the Parable of the Shrewd Manager in Luke 16 to illustrate mankind's duty ...
The word parable comes from the Greek παραβολή (parabolē), literally "throwing" (bolē) "alongside" (para-), by extension meaning "comparison, illustration, analogy." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was the name given by Greek rhetoricians to an illustration in the form of a brief fictional narrative .
The Parable of the Rich Fool (1627) by Rembrandt. The Parable of the Rich Fool, also known as The Money Changer, [1] is an oil painting on canvas of 1627 by Rembrandt, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. [2] Produced early in the artist's career, it depicts the eponymous Biblical parable. The model for the figure is said to have been Rembrandt ...
A former ballerina was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 ...
Luke 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the teachings and a miracle of Jesus Christ. [1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles.
Jeffrey Goedde, 41, handed himself into the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, Dec. 18, according to court documents seen by PEOPLE