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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 ...
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 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]
The parable of the Friend at Night has a similar meaning. [3] Joel B. Green sees in this parable an injunction not to lose heart, in the light of the eschatological tone of Luke 17:20–37, [4] [2] and also an echo of Sirach 35: [2] "For he is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. [...] The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does ...
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 suspect is in custody after a knife attack at Grand Central 42 Street subway station in New York injured two with neck and wrist slashes.
A Florida couple is facing child abuse charges after local authorities say the man beat a child for nearly half an hour and his wife failed to help the boy.
She was arrested again a year later, after she got in a fight with a manager at a store. The most recent arrest, around 18 months ago, occurred when she got caught with a group of kids who were stealing from a Saks Fifth Avenue store, although Latune says she didn’t steal anything herself.