Unto the disciples (κα προς τους μαθητας). The three preceding parables in chapter 15 exposed the special faults of the Pharisees,…

His disciples. The word disciples, here, is not to be restricted to the twelve apostles or to the seventy. The parable appears to…

There was a certain rich man, which had a steward.—There is, perhaps, no single parable that has been subjected to such v…

The Venerable Bede: After rebuking with three parables those who murmured because He received penitents, our Savior shortly aft…

“Manager” is a broad term for an employee or agent who was entrusted with the management of funds or property. Mismanagement was possible because s…

The main purpose of this parable is to show that we should deal kindly and generously with our neighbors, so that when we come to the judgment seat…

And he said also to his disciples
The Syriac version adds, "a parable", as the following is; and which is directed t…

Whatever we have, its property belongs to God; we only have the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honor. This st…