Luke 16:1-16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 16:16-18

Luke 16:16-18. The law and the prophets were until John:— Our Lord having in the preceding verse developed the specious and hypocritical pretences of the Pharisees, observes to them, with respect to his own conduct, which they blamed so much, that the law and the prophets, the dispensation which made a distinction between men, accountingsome clean and others unclean, continued till John came; and that from the commencement of his ministry, the kingdom of heaven, or gospel dispensation, was in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:1

1. steward—manager of his estate. accused—informed upon. had wasted—rather, "was wasting." read more

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:3

3. cannot dig . . . to beg, ashamed—therefore, when dismissed, shall be in utter want. read more

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:4

4. may receive me, &c.—Observe his one object—when cast out of one home to secure another. This is the key to the parable, on which there have been many differing views. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:5

5-7. fifty . . . fourscore—deducting a half from the debt of the one, and a fifth from that of the other. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:8

8. the lord—evidently the steward's lord, so called in Luke 16:3; Luke 16:5. commended, c.—not for his "injustice," but "because he had done wisely," or prudently with commendable foresight and skilful adaptation of means to end. children of this world—so Luke 20:34; compare Luke 20:34- : ("their portion in this life"); Luke 20:34- : ("mind earthly things"); Psalms 4:6; Psalms 4:7. their generation—or "for their generation"—that is, for the purposes of the "world" they are "of." The greater... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:9

9. Make . . . friends of—Turn to your advantage; that is, as the steward did, "by showing mercy to the poor" (Daniel 4:27; compare Luke 12:33; Luke 14:13; Luke 14:14). mammon of unrighteousness—treacherous, precarious. (See on Luke 14:14- :). ye fail—in respect of life. they may receive you—not generally, "ye may be received" (as Luke 14:14- :, "shall men give"), but "those ye have relieved may rise up as witnesses for you" at the great day. Then, like the steward, when turned out of one home... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:10

10. He, c.—a maxim of great pregnancy and value rising from the prudence which the steward had to the fidelity which he had not, the "harmlessness of the dove, to which the serpent" with all his "wisdom" is a total stranger. Fidelity depends not on the amount entrusted, but on the sense of responsibility. He that feels this in little will feel it in much, and conversely. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:11

11, 12. unrighteous mammon—To the whole of this He applies the disparaging term "what is least," in contrast with "the true riches." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:12

12. another man's . . . your own—an important turn to the subject. Here all we have is on trust as stewards, who have an account to render. Hereafter, what the faithful have will be their own property, being no longer on probation, but in secure, undisturbed, rightful, everlasting possession and enjoyment of all that is graciously bestowed on us. Thus money is neither to be idolized nor despised: we must sit loose to it and use it for God's glory. read more

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