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Luke
Chapter 16
{The
Parable of the Clever Steward}
16:1``And
He {Jesus} also said {lego} to His disciples,
"There
was a rich man
who
was continuing in his employ a manager of his estate,
and
this man was maliciously accused {diaballo} to him
from
a hostile source
of
wasting his assets.
{Note: Diaballo means to accuse. SideNote: Diaballo is the word from which we get 'devil'. It is used for one of the titles for Satan - the accuser/devil! We learn in Revelation that Satan accuses all believers before the throne of God and Jesus Christ acts as our defense attorney.}
16:2``
And, having called the manager in,
he
said {lego} to him,
"What
is this I hear concerning you?
Render
an account at once
of
the way you have been managing my estate,
for
you cannot any longer 'function as'/
'have
the power to be' {dunamai}
my
manager."
16:3``Then
the manager said within himself,
"What
should I do,
because
my master/lord {kurios}
is
taking my position away from me?
I'm
not strong in my body {ischuo} enough to dig,
and
I'm too ashamed to beg."
16:4``
I know/perceive {ginosko} what to do,
in
order that when I am put out
of
the position of estate-manager,
they
may receive/ welcome me into their own homes.
16:5``
So having called to himself
one
at a time, each of those who
owed
his own master/lord money,
he
went to saying to the first,
'How
much are you owing my master/lord?'
16:6``
The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.'
The
manager said to him,
'Take
your bill/contract, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
16:7``
Then he said to another,
'And
how much do you owe?'
The
second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.'
The
manager said to him,
'Take
your bill/contract, and write eighty.'
16:8``
The master/lord praised
the
unrighteous/dishonest {adikia} manager
because
he acted shrewdly.
For
the children of this age {aion}
keep
on being
-
in their generation -
more
shrewd
than
the children of light.
{Note: Adikia - 'a' is the alpha privative in the Greek. It takes a word and gives it the opposite meaning. So dikia is a righteous and just person. Adikia is unrighteous and anti-justice.}
16:9``And,
as for myself,
I
am saying {lego} to you,
make
friends by means of the use of the riches
which
are the object and desire of the unrighteous,
in
order that when you fail
they
{the friends you made with your generosity}
may
welcome you into everlasting tents/dwelling-places/homes.
16:10``
"The one who believes/'is faithful' in the very least
{and therefore can be relied on}
keeps
on believing/'being faithful' also in much
{and therefore can be relied on in much}.
And,
in the same manner,
the
one who is unrighteous/dishonest {adikia} in the very least
keeps
on being unrighteous/dishonest also in much.
16:11``If
therefore you have not become faithful {in handling}
unrighteous/dishonest
riches
-
and you have -
who
will entrust you
with
the 'good that has of intrinsic value'? {alethinos}
16:12``
And if you haven't been trustworthy/faithful
with
someone else's property
-and
you have not -
who
will give you your own?
16:13``No
servant/domestic
has
the ability/power {dunamai} to serve two masters.
For
he will either hate the one and love {agapao} the other,
or
be loyal/'hold firmly' to the one and despise the other.
You
absolutely {ouk} cannot serve/
'perform
duties of a slave' to God and riches."
{More
Warnings about the Pharisees}
16:14``Now
the Pharisees,
being
money lovers,
were
listening to all these things,
and
they ridiculed {ekmukterizo} Him."
{Note: Ekmukterizo means the Pharisees were actually turning up the noses and making a hook of it on which to suspend Him as an obstacle of ridicule!}
16:15``And
He {Jesus} said {lego} to them,
"As
for you, you are those who declare yourselves
to
be righteous before men.
But
God keeps on knowing {the thoughts and intents of}
your
'right lobes'/hearts.
For
what is highly prized among men
keeps
on being 'utterly detestable'/
'an
object of moral and religious nausea and loathing'
in
God's sight.
16:16``"The
law and the prophets . . . {were in force}
until
John {the Baptizer/Herald of the King}.
Since
then, the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed,
and
everyone 'with the utmost earnestness and effort is pressing'
to
enter in.
16:17``Moreover,
it is easier for heaven and earth to depart
than
for 'one stroke of the pen'/tittle
{tittlus (sp) in the Latin - a marking of a pen}
in
the law to become void.
{Note: See also Matthew 5:18.}
16:18``"Anyone
who divorces his wife
and
marries someone else commits adultery.
And
the one who marries a woman divorced
from
her husband commits adultery.
{The
Rich Man and Lazarus}
16:19``"There
was a rich man who dressed in purple
and
fine linen and who celebrated luxuriously every day.
16:20-21``And,
an utterly destitute man
{ptochos -poor with no hope of change}
named
Lazarus had been flung down carelessly at his gateway
and
was still there, full of sores, 16:21``
moreover,
having desired/longed to eat
what
fell from the rich man's table.
In addition, the dogs coming . . . went to licking his sores.
16:22``"And
it came to pass that the destitute beggar died
and
was carried by the angels to 'Abraham's bosom.
The rich man also died and was buried.
{Note: Abraham's bosom is the section of Hades where the souls of believers went before the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was also called Paradise. Now those in Paradise were transferred to the third heaven. Unbeliever's souls remain in Hades until the Great White Throne judgment.}
16:23``And
in Hades, he {the rich man} having been in torment,
looks
up and has a panoramic view {horao}
of
Abraham far off
and
Lazarus at his side {idiom - literally - 'on his bosom'}.
16:24``So
he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and
send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water
and
cool my tongue,
because
I am in anguish in this fire.'
16:25``But
Abraham said,
"Child
{teknon}, receive remembrance
that
in your life/lifetime {zoe}
you
received your good things,
and
Lazarus likewise bad things.
But now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish."
16:26``Besides
all this,
a
great chasm has been fixed between us,
so
that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so,
and
no one can cross from there to us.'
16:27-28``So
he {the rich man} said,
'Then
I beg you, father . . .
send
him { the destitute beggar Lazarus}
to
my father's house 16:28``
for
I have five brothers . . .
so
that he may warn/witness/'testify to' them
so
that they do not come into this place of torment.'
16:29``But
Abraham said,
'They
have Moses and the prophets;
they
must hear and understand and obey them.'
16:30``Then
the rich man said,
"No,
father Abraham,
but
if someone from the dead goes to them,
they
will 'change their minds from their emotions' {metanoeo}.'
16:31``But
he {Abraham} said {lego} to him {the rich man},
'If
they do not hear, understand and obey
Moses
and the prophets,
neither
will they be convinced/persuaded
even
though one would rise from the dead.'"
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