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16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God [q]has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [r]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I will 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 master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 And he said, ‘A hundred jugs of oil.’.
Luke 16:1 Or accused; Luke 16:3 Or lord; Luke 16:3 I.e., do manual labor; Luke 16:5 Or lord’s; Luke 16:6 Lit baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 9 gallons or 34 liters; Luke 16:7 One kor is about 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters; Luke 16:8 Or lord; Luke 16:8 Lit generation
16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
4 I know what I will 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 master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 And he said, ‘A hundred jugs of oil.’
16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
How should one interpret Luke 16: 1-8, the parable of the dishonest manager? What is the meaning of the parable of the rich man and his manager? Why did Jesus say to use the worldly wealth to gain friends for ourselves?
