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The Parable of the Unjust Steward or Parable of the Penitent Steward is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 16:1–13.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]
Luke 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the teachings and parables of Jesus Christ, including the account of the "rich man and Lazarus". [1] There is an "overriding concern with riches" in this chapter, although other topics are also covered. [2]
Tom Wright [15] and Joachim Jeremias [16] both treat it as a "parable". Proponents of this view argue that the story of Lazarus and the rich man has much in common with other stories which are agreed-upon parables, both in language and content (e.g. the reversal of fortunes, the use of antithesis, and concern for the poor).
Mark and Q account for about 64% of Luke; the remaining material, known as the L source, is of unknown origin and date. [28] Most Q and L-source material is grouped in two clusters, Luke 6:17–8:3 and 9:51–18:14, and L-source material forms the first two sections of the gospel (the preface and infancy and childhood narratives). [29]
Luke 11:5–8 The Unjust Judge: Luke 18:1–8 The Rich Fool: Luke 12:16–21 Dives and Lazarus: Luke 16:19–31 The Great Supper: Luke 14:15–24 The Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11–32 The Unjust Steward: Luke 16:1–9 The Unprofitable Servants: Luke 17:7–10 The Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9–14
Paul also speaks ill of wealth in 1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV), "for the love of money is the root of all evil". In terms of being full, St. Basil writes, "to live for pleasure alone is to make a god of one’s stomach" (Phil. 3:19). [4] St. Gregory writes that from the single vice of gluttony come innumerable others which fight against the soul.
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Epiphanius states that Luke was one of the Seventy Apostles (Panarion 51.11), and John Chrysostom indicates at one point that the "brother" that Paul mentions in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians 8:18 [24] is either Luke or Barnabas (Homily 18 on Second Corinthians on 2 Corinthians 8:18). If one accepts that Luke was indeed the author of ...