Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 16:1-31
CHAPTER 16 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1-12 ) 2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13 ) 3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14-17 ) 4. Concerning Divorce. (Luke 16:18 ) 5. The Rich Man and Lazarus. (Luke 16:19-31 .) Luke 16:1-12 Let us notice that this story was spoken to the disciples. It contains a number of difficulties. It has well been said “there are knots in it which perhaps will never be untied, until the Lord comes again. We might reasonably expect that a book... read more
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 16:1-31
The Unjust Steward Luke 16:2 We call this parable the Parable of the Unjust Steward i.e. a fraudulent, dishonest steward and such undoubtedly he did become; but not deliberately dishonest up to the time when his lord called him suddenly to account. He was accused to his lord that he had wasted his goods; not a purposed and continued fraud, but a long-continued faithlessness to his trust. He had forgotten that he was the trustee for his lord's possessions, and he had lived on neglecting plain... read more