Parable of the unjust steward
The parable of the unjust steward (also: parable of the wise steward or parable of the unfaithful steward ) is a parable of Jesus , which is a special asset in the Gospel according to Luke .
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“But he also said to the disciples: It was a rich man who had an administrator; he was accused of squandering his property. And he called for him and said to him, What am I hearing from you? Account for your administration; for you can no longer be the administrator. The steward said to himself: What should I do? My Lord takes my office away from me; I can't dig, and I'm ashamed to beg. I know what I want to do to have them take me into their homes when I'm deposed from office. And he called his master's debtors to him, each one for himself, and asked the first: How much do you owe my master? He said: A hundred buckets of oil. And he said to him, Take your note, sit down and write fifty on the spot. Then he asked the second: But how much do you owe you? He said, A hundred sacks of wheat. And he said to him, Take your note and write eighty. And the Lord praised the unfaithful steward because he had acted wisely; for the children of this world are wiser among their own kind than are the children of light. "
interpretation
The steward is a deceiver in Jesus' eyes too . However, through the clear recognition of his own situation and the resulting action, he becomes a role model. The praise of the steward's behavior is for the sake of these qualities. In the final sentence, Jesus' wish is expressed that his followers also recognize the situation so clearly and act accordingly. It is precisely through its provocative content that the parable calls for repentance in the face of the coming reign of God . The invitation to the audience is specified in the following verse (" And I tell you: Make friends with the unjust Mammon, so that when it comes to an end they will receive you into the eternal huts. " Lk 16.9 EU ). Own property should be distributed to the poor in order to create friends with them, who are to be the first to participate in the kingdom of God (cf. Lk 16.9 EU ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , 2nd edition 1992, German Bible Society Stuttgart , pp. 1300f