Luke 16:1-31

This piece contains: 1 st. The parable of the unjust steward, with accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 d. Reflections forming an introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the parable itself (Luke 16:14-31). Those two portraits are evidently the counterparts of one another. The idea common to both is that of the relation between the use made of earthly goods and man's future beyond the tomb. The steward represents the owner who is able to secure his future by a wise use of those transitory goods; the wicked rich man, the owner who compromises his future by neglecting this just employment of them.