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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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