There was a certain rich man; in this parable our Lord teaches the necessity of spiritual wisdom and forethought in providing for the world to come, by an example of worldly shrewdness. Its immediate reference is to the use which God requires us, as his stewards, to make of the property which he entrusts to us. But it includes all other gifts and opportunities of doing good.

Steward; one intrusted with property, to be used according to the will of its owner.

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Old Testament