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Verse Luke 16:9. _THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS_] μαμωνα της
αδικιας - literally, _the mammon_, or _riches, of injustice_.
Riches _promise_ MUCH, and _perform_ NOTHING: they excite _hope_ and
_confid...
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I SAY UNTO YOU - I, Jesus, say to you, my disciples.
MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS - Some have understood the word
“friends,” here, as referring to the poor; others, to holy angels;
and others, to God. P...
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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. ...
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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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A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
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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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AND. And, Do say unto you? &c. Is this what. say to you? In verses:
Luke 16:10 the Lord gives the reason why He does not say that;
otherwise these verses are wholly inconsequent, instead of being the...
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_Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness_ The
Greek may mean either _Make the unrighteous mammon your friend;_or
_make yourselves friends by your use of the unrighteous mammon._The...
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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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ἘΚΛΊΠΗΙ אBDL, ἐκλείπῃ A, ἐκλίπητε EG &c.,
ἐκλείπετε D. See note.
9. ἙΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ ΦΊΛΟΥΣ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂
ΜΑΜΩΝΑ͂ ΤΗ͂Σ�. Comp. Luke 16:8, ὁ κριτὴς
τῆς�, Luke 18:6. It is the _qualitative_ genitive, and des...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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Luke 16:1-13. THE UNJUST STEWARD...
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Ver 8. 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. 9. And I say to you, Make to your...
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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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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act., см._ Luke 16:8. Здесь
идет речь о том, как человек должен
распоряжаться своими деньгами (Воск),
ΈΚ (G1537) от, посредством, кроме.
Предлагался перевод "и не" (Pasquale Cole...
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AND I SAY UNTO YOU, &C.— Our Lord's advice is worthy of the most
serious attention; the best use that we can make of our riches being
to employ them in promoting the salvation of others. For, if we us...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward
Scripture_
Luke 16:1-18 And he said unto the disciples, There was a certain rich
man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him...
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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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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when y...
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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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16:9 received (c-22) See Note, ch. 6.38....
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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 illust...
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MAKE TO YOURSELVES] i.e. make to yourselves friends in heaven by means
of a prudent use of your wealth (viz. by hospitality, alms-deeds,
etc.), that when ye fail, i.e. die (or, according to the RV, wh...
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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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AND I SAY UNTO YOU. — The pronoun is emphatic, and stands, as in
Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 5:32, in contrast with what had
gone before.
MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS OF THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOU...
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ἐγὼ : the use of the emphatic pronoun seems to involve that here
begins the comment of Jesus on the parable, Luke 16:8 being spoken by
the master and a part of the parable. But J. Weiss (in Meyer) vie...
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_Application of the parable_. There is room for doubt whether Luke
16:8 should form part of the parable (or at least as far as
φρονίμως ἐποίησεν), or the beginning of the
application. In the one case...
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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 himself...
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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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Make for yourselves friends, &c. Not that we are authorized to wrong
our neighbour, to give to the poor: evil is never to be done, that
good may come from it. (St. Thomas Aquinas) --- But we are exhor...
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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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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...
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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 mi...
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1 _st. Luke 16:1-13_. _The Unjust Steward._
Is there a connection between this lesson on riches and the preceding?
The formula ἔλεγε δὲ καί, _and He said also_ (Luke 16:1),
seems to indicate that ther...
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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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_MAKE FRIENDS_
‘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.’
Luke 16:9
Our Lord wishes us...
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9._Make to yourselves friends. _As in the words which were last
considered Christ did not enjoin us to offer sacrifices to God out of
the fruits of extortion, so now he does not mean that we ought to...
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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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AND I SAY UNTO YOU,.... These are the words of Christ, as are also the
latter part of the preceding verse, accommodating and applying the
parable to his disciples, and for their instruction:
MAKE TO...
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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.
Ver. 9. _Make unto yourselves friends_] _Quibus...
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_And the lord_ Rather, _his lord_, or master, for it is Jesus, and not
the evangelist, who speaks this, as is plain from both the structure
of the parable itself, and from the application which Jesus...
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OF THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; by the right use of it, as the
original implies. Mammon is a Chaldee word signifying riches. It is
here called the mammon of unrighteousness, as being with unrighteou...
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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....
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The application of the parable:...
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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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MAMMON:
Or, riches...
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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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OLBGrk;
That by MAMMON here is meant riches is universally agreed, but whether
it originally be a Chaldaic, or Syriac, or Punic word is not so well
agreed. The Chaldee paraphrast useth it, HOSEA 5:11;...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
may receive you into eternal tabernacles."[428]
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?
an, through possessing a competency, both not himself...
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Luke 16:9 I G2504 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 make G4160 (G5657)
friends G5384 yourselves G1438 by...
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“And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon
of unrighteousness, that, when it shall fail, they may receive you
into the eternal dwellings.”
Jesus then presses home the point t...
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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's...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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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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BY THE MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(εκ του μαμωνα της αδικιας). By the use of what
is so often evil (money). In Matthew 6:24 mammon is set over against
God as in Luke 16:13 below. Jesus knows the evil...
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Luke 16:9
The Earthly Life and Heavenly Training.
I. Every circumstance of man's life may become a training for
immortality. The tenth and eleventh verses of this chapter imply two
great principles...
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Luke 16:8
The Unjust Steward.
I. It is impossible to read this parable, and our Lord's remark upon
it, without being struck by the broad assertion that the children of
this world are wiser in their g...
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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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AND SO I TELL YOU. We are managers of the worldly wealth which God
gives us. We must not waste it, nor hoard it up. We are to _use_ it in
a way which meets with God's approval, to make friends in that...
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_Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness_
THE RIGHT USE OF UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON
By the “mammon of unrighteousness” we are very clearly to
understand money; but why it has been so c...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:9 UNRIGHTEOUS WEALTH probably refers to the way
in which the pursuit of money may often involve (1) taking advantage
of others; (2) using wealth for selfish purposes; and (3) the...
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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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_And_ (in like manner) _I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of
the mammon of unrighteousness._ Ye have heard how the unjust steward
made his lord's debtors so kindly disposed towards him, that...
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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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1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:18;...
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Make to yourselves friends. Compare Virgil, "Aeneid," 6, 664.
Among the tenants of Elysium he sees "those who, by good desert, made
others mindful of them."
Of the mammon of unrighteousness [ε κ τ ο...
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And I say to you — Be good stewards even of the lowest talents
wherewith God hath intrusted you. Mammon means riches or money. It is
termed the mammon of unrighteousness, because of the manner wherein...
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Here our Saviour makes application of the forgoing parable to his
disciples.
Where note,
1. The title given by our Saviour to wealth and riches, he calls it
MAMMON and MAMMON OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS: Mam...