Luke Part 4 D

The Unrighteous Steward

16 Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was [a]reported to him as squandering his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ 3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my [b]master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’ 5 And he summoned each one of his [c]master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 And he said, ‘A hundred [d]measures of oil.’ (Greek baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 7 1/2 gal.) And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred [e]measures of wheat.’ ( Greek kors, one kor equals between 10 and 12 bushels) He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 And his [f]master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [g]kind than the sons of light. THAT'S A NICKNAME FOR CHRISTIAN MEN. 9 And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the [h]wealth ( Greek mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship) of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. 10 “He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. THIS ENCOURAGES ME WHEN I'M NOT SURE IF THE LITTLE THINGS I DO MATTER. I THINK 2 YEARS OF MISSIONS WORK RELEASED ME INTO 28 YEARS OF FULL-TIME MINISTRY.

11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous [i]wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13 No [j]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [k]wealth.” 14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves [l]in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable [m]in the sight of God. 16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John (THE BAPTIST, NOT AFTER HIM?) since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God [n]has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. GOOGLE AI STATES " This cryptic phrase highlights that since John the Baptist, the Gospel has opened the Kingdom to all people, leading to an urgent, intense, and passionate effort by common people to enter, rather than passively waiting. "

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [o]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail. ( I.e. projection of a letter (serif)) HEBREW

18 “Everyone who [p]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is [q]divorced from a husband commits adultery.

HERE ARE SOME POSSIBILITIES WHY THIS VERSE IS HERE: Considering that John was executed because he had been imprisoned, and that the main reason John was imprisoned was his outspoken view regarding Herod's marriage to Herodias (preceded by her divorce from Herod's brother), it doesn't seem out of place, but is, rather, an affirmation that John was right to oppose Herod & Herodias about that. Perhaps a possible reason why Jesus said it at that moment. Other commentators think that it was because of the Pharisees' false teachings on divorce and remarriage." FROM FACEBOOK

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple (ROYALTY) and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22 Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; SEE