Luke 16:1,2
THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD AND ITS LESSONS. The accusation of unfaithfulness:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD AND ITS LESSONS. The accusation of unfaithfulness:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID ALSO UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN WHICH HAD A STEWARD; AND THE SAME WAS ACCUSED UNTO HIM THAT LIE HAD WASTED HIS GOODS.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The three parables of the previous chapter had been addressed to the Pharisees and scribes, probably in the presence of the publicans and sinners, and su... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The deliberations with their result:... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM RESOLVED WHAT TO DO, THAT, WHEN I AM PUT OUT OF THE STEWARDSHIP, THEY MAY RECEIVE ME INTO THEIR HOUSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO HE CALLED EVERY ONE OF HIS LORD'S DEBTORS UNTO HIM, AND SAID UNTO THE FIRST, HOW MUCH OWEST THOU UNTO MY LORD?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THY BILL, AND SIT DOWN QUICKLY, AND WRITE FIFTY.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HE TO ANOTHER, AND HOW MUCH OWEST THOU? AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THY BILL AND WRITE FOURSCORE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD COMMENDED THE UNJUST STEWARD BECAUSE HE HAD DONE WISELY; FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE IN THEIR GENERATION WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT. The unfaithful steward found himself in a very unpleasant situation, out of which only his wit could extricate him. Jesus reproduces the resu... [ Continue Reading ]
The application of the parable:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAY UNTO YOU, MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS OF THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT, WHEN YE FAIL, THEY MAY RECEIVE YOU INTO EVERLASTING HABITATIONS.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH; AND HE THAT IS UNJUST IN THE LEAST IS UNJUST ALSO IN MUCH.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THEREFORE YE HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON, WHO WILL COMMIT TO YOUR TRUST THE TRUE RICHES?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF YE HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER MAN'S, WHO SHALL GIVE YOU THAT WHICH IS YOUR OWN? The lesson of the parable has really begun in the previous section, and it may be that the entire judgment of verse 8 was spoken by Jesus. The children of this world, the people of the present... [ Continue Reading ]
NO SERVANT CAN. SERVE TWO MASTERS; FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL HOLD TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YE CANNOT SERVE GOD. AND MAMMON.... [ Continue Reading ]
A lesson concerning covetousness.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PHARISEES ALSO, WHO WERE COVETOUS, HEARD ALL THESE THINGS; AND THEY DERIDED HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE THEY WHICH JUSTIFY YOURSELVES BEFORE MEN; BUT GOD KNOWETH YOUR HEARTS; FOR THAT WHICH IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMONG MEN IS ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE UNTIL JOHN; SINCE THAT TIME THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, AND EVERY MAN PRESSETH INTO IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS THAN ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL.... [ Continue Reading ]
"Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. It is impossible for a servant to be in the service of, and to render proper service to, two different masters. See Matthew 6:24. The one will... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, WHICH WAS CLOTHED IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN, AND FARED SUMPTUOUSLY EVERY DAY;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, THE BEGGAR. Luke 16:19 A contrast in fortunes:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN BEGGAR NAMED LAZARUS, WHICH WAS LAID AT HIS GATE FULL OF SORES,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DESIRING TO BE FED WITH THE CRUMBS WHICH FELL FROM THE RICH MAN'S TABLE; MOREOVER, THE DOGS CAME AND LICKED HIS SORES. Although, for the lesson of this story, it is immaterial whether it is a parable or the account of an actual happening, as Luther remarks, yet the manner of presentation points... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE BEGGAR DIED, AND WAS CARRIED, BY THE ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM; THE RICH MAN ALSO DIED, AND WAS BURIED;... [ Continue Reading ]
Another contrast:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN HELL HE LIFT UP HIS EYES, BEING IN TORMENTS, AND SEETH ABRAHAM AFAR OFF, AND LAZARUS IN HIS BOSOM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CRIED AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND SEND LAZARUS THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER AND COOL MY TONGUE; FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON, REMEMBER THAT THOU IN THY LIFETIME RECEIVEDST THY GOOD THINGS, AND LIKEWISE LAZARUS EVIL THINGS; BUT NOW HE IS COMFORTED, AND THOU ART TORMENTED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BESIDE ALL THIS, BETWEEN US AND YOU THERE IS A GREAT GULF FIXED, SO THAT THEY WHICH WOULD PASS FROM HENCE TO YOU CANNOT; NEITHER CAN THEY PASS TO US THAT WOULD COME FROM THENCE. Here the fortunes are reversed with a vengeance: the servant of God in bliss, the servant of mammon in misery. The beg... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE SAID, I PRAY THEE THEREFORE, FATHER, THAT THOU WOULDEST SEND HIM TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE;... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearing Moses and the Prophets:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I HAVE FIVE BRETHREN; THAT HE MAY TESTIFY UNTO THEM, LEST THEY ALSO COME INTO THIS PLACE OF TORMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM SAITH UNTO HIM, THEY HAVE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS; LET THEM HEAR THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, NAY, FATHER ABRAHAM; "BUT IF ONE WENT UNTO THEM FROM THE DEAD, THEY WILL REPENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. A strange change has come upon the former rich man. Formerly he cared only for himself and the gratification of his own desires, but now, when it is 'too late,' he remembers d... [ Continue Reading ]