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In it, a steward who is about to be fired tries to "curry favor" with his master's debtors by remitting some of their debts. [1] The term "steward" is common in many English translations of the New Testament; some versions refer to a "manager", or an "accountant". [2] This parable does not appear in the other gospels. [3]
In Mark's Gospel, "the day and the hour", for which Jesus says his disciples must remain watchful, is compared to a man going to a far country who is to return at some point. This comparison forms the final exhortation in Mark's Gospel before the evangelist commences his narrative of Jesus' passion. [1] In Luke's Gospel, the parable reads as ...
The prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion by Thomas Aquinas includes a phrase similar to the last verse of this parable: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant. (Painting by Alphonse ...
"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
The steward "had" already been shrewd, and changed circumstances; due to the outcome of the shrewdness, the master offered praise. It can be deserved because the scripture clearly defines UNJUST for the steward and there is not way of getting around that. A steward had right to forgive debt, and surely could have reduced his salary.
In Luke this verse appears after Jesus has encountered some rejection a fits better in that narrative. [5] πιστιν, translated as faith, is an important concept in the miracle stories of Matthew. The word makes its first of many appearances in Matthew in this verse. Throughout the Gospel miracles occur as a result of the strong faith in Jesus.
The version in Luke is also called the Parable of the Pounds. In both Matthew and Luke, a master puts his servants in charge of his goods while he is away on a trip. Upon his return, the master assesses the stewardship of his servants. He evaluates them according to how faithful each was in making wise investments of his goods to obtain a profit.
A useful quote explaining stewardship can be found in Psalm 24:1: "The Earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it". A broader concept of stewardship is illustrated in Jesus’ parable of the "talents", which refer to an amount of money but by implication (and by common use of the word in English) as "abilities".