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Verse Luke 16:7. _A HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT._] εκατον
κορους, _a_ _hundred cors_. κορος, from the Hebrew כר
_cor_, was the largest measure of capacity among the Hebrews, whether
for solids or liqui...
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MEASURES OF WHEAT - The measure here mentioned - the “kor,” or
homer - contained, according to the tables of Dr. Arbuthnot, about 32
pecks, or 8 bushels; or, according to the marginal note, about 14
b...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_
2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13)
3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14)
4. Concerning Divorce. (Luke 16:18)
5. The Rich Man and L...
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PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD (Lk. only). It has been suggested that a
better title would be The Shrewd Agent. At any rate the epithet
unrighteous has as much reference (if not more) to Luke 16:1 as t...
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Jesus said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward.
He received information against the steward which alleged that he was
dissipating his goods. He called him, and said to him, 'What...
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ANOTHER. Greek. _heteros._ App-124.
THOU. Note the emphasis: "And thou, How much owest thou? "
MEASURES. Greek. Plural of _koros._ App-51. (11) (8). Not the same
word as in Luke 16:6...
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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Luke 16:1-13. THE UNJUST STEWARD...
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VER 1. AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN,
WHICH HAD A STEWARD; AND THE SAME WAS ACCUSED TO HIM THAT HE HAD
WASTED HIS GOODS. 2. AND HE CALLED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, HOW IS IT
T...
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_THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD -- LUKE 16:1-13:_ The parable of
the unjust steward is the most difficult parable in the gospels. The
steward had wasted his Lord's money, either deliberately or
acc...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Be Shrewd (Luke 16:1-13)
16 He also said to the disciples, There was a rich man who had a
steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his
goods. 2A...
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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.
THEN SAID HE TO ANOTHER, AND HOW MUCH OWEST T...
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13 Compare Job_21:14-15.
17 Compare Jer_31:18-20.
17 The first desire of the prodigal and of all awakened sinners is to
do something themselves to ameliorate their evil condition. "What must
I do to...
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THE UNJUST STEWARD. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of
this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is
intended to illus...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 16
THE *PARABLE OF THE UNJUST MANAGER 16:1-8
V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘A rich man had a servant who
managed his property. The rich man heard...
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AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT. — Here the measure is the Hebrew
_cor,_ which is reckoned as equal to ten _baths_ (the latter, however,
is a liquid, the former, a dry measure), and accordingly varies,
a...
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_The parable of the unjust steward_....
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THE RIGHT USE OF MONEY
Luke 16:1-13
We are all stewards, but how much we waste! Well might our Master
deprive us of our post and trust! The unjust steward used his
opportunity of ingratiating himsel...
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The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of
earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of
illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whic...
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CHAPTER 13
THE UNJUST STEWARD
Luke 16:1-13. “ _And He continued to speak to His disciples_, _There
was a certain rich man who had a steward_, _and he was falsely accused
to him as wasting his goods_...
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And first the parable: Luke 16:1-9.
In this portraiture, as in some others, Jesus does not scruple to use
the example of the wicked for the purpose of stimulating His
disciples. And in fact, in the m...
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(1) 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 he had
wasted his goods. (2) And he called him, and said unto him, Ho...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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_THE MAN WHO ACTED WISELY_
‘There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; … And the lord
commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely.’
Luke 16:1
This parable draws a lesson from t...
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In chapter 16, the effect of grace on conduct is presented, and the
contrast that exists (the dispensation being changed) between the
conduct that Christianity requires with regard to the things of th...
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THEN SAID HE TO ANOTHER, AND HOW MUCH OWEST THOU?.... To my Lord, as
before:
AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT, or "cors of wheat"; the
same with "homers", Ezekiel 45:14 the same quantity as...
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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.
Ver. 7. See Luke 16:5 ....
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_So he called_, &c. In pursuance of this scheme he sent for all those
of his lord's debtors whom he could hope to oblige by so fraudulent a
proposal, determining to lower the several articles in his b...
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FOURSCORE; eighty....
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The deliberations with their result:...
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A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS
(vs.1-13)
Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure
grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner,
yet...
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MEASURES:
the word here interpreted a measure, in the original containeth about
fourteen bushels and a pottle...
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1-12 Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the
use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his
honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 16:1...
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Luke 16:7 Then G1899 said G2036 (G5627) another G2087 And G1161 much
G4214 do G3784 you G4771 owe G3784 (G5719) So G1161 said G2036 (G5627)
hundred G1540 measures G2884 wheat G4621 And G2532 said G300...
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THE PARABLE OF THE ASTUTE STEWARD (16:1-13).
Jesus now tells a parable about an astute but careless estate manager
who is failing to do his job properly. It is reported that he is
‘wasting' his lord'...
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The _second_ division of the discourse (chaps, Luke 10:1 to Luke
17:10), addressed _to the disciples._ The parable it contains presents
great difficulties to the interpreter ; although the sense of th...
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MEASURES
(κορους). Another Hebrew word for dry measure. The Hebrew _cor_
was about ten bushels. Data are not clear about the Hebrew measures
whether liquid ( BATH ) or dry ( COR )....
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich
man and Lazarus in the spirit world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man,
Lazarus, Abraham, five broth...
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Luke 16:1. _A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had
wasted his goods._ After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a
second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's property....
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NOW I KNOW WHAT I WILL DO. The "way out" of all this comes to him in a
flash! SO HE CALLED IN ALL THE PEOPLE. In order to _make friends_ who
will welcome him in their homes. He calls these people to c...
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_There was a certain rich man, which had a steward_
CHRIST’S SERVANTS ARE STEWARDS
I. SHOW WHAT THINGS THEY ARE ENTRUSTED WITH, THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN.
1. All earthly good things, as riches, health...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:4 The reduction of both bills would have
amounted to about 500 denarii (about 20 months’ wages).
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CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _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 he had wasted his goods._ Having rebuked in three par...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 16:1. AND HE SAID ALSO.—This implies that there is a certain,
though perhaps not very close, connection between the discourse in
this chapter and that which precedes it. The chap...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 16:1
The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with
regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two
parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and...
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Jesus speaks on two unpleasant subjects, to a lot of people. Not
unpleasant to me, but to a lot of people. Talks about hell. That's not
unpleasant to me, not worried about it at all.
Now Jesus is at a...
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Luke 20:12; Luke 20:9; Song of Solomon 8:11; Song of Solomon 8:12...
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To another [ε τ ε ρ ω]. A different one with a different debt,
and his circumstances demanding a different rate of discount.
Measures [κ ο ρ ο υ ς]. Cors. A cor was ten baths; the dry and
the fluid m...