Luke 16:2 — Community Reflections

LUKE 16:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.”

So he called him in and asked him, what is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer — give an account of your management (ton logon tēs oikonomias sou): the final accounting demanded before the termination. You cannot be manager any longer: the dismissal is announced before the accounting — the manager is already fired; he just needs to settle the books.

Church Fathers on Luke 16:2

Having rebuked in three parables those who murmured because He received penitents, our Savior shortly after subjoins a fourth and a fifth on almsgiving and frugality, because it is also the fittest order in preaching that almsgiving should be added after repentance. Hence it follows, And he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man.
Bede · 8th century

There is a certain erroneous opinion inherent in mankind, which increases evil and lessens good. It is the feeling that all the good things we possess in the course of our life we possess as lords over them, and accordingly we seize them as our especial goods. But it is quite the contrary. For we are placed in this life not as lords in our own house, but as guests and strangers, led whither we would not, and at a time we think not of. He who is now rich, suddenly becomes a…
Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century

From this we learn then, that we are not ourselves the masters, but rather the stewards of the property of others.
Ambrose · 4th century

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