Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 16:4

"I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses." — Luke 16:4 (ASV)

I am resolved what to do.—More literally, I know, or even, I knew, like a man to whom a plan suddenly occurs. The dramatic abruptness of the parable leaves us uncertain who “they” are that are to “receive” him. The context that immediately follows resolves this uncertainty. In the interpretation, what corresponds to this is the moment when a Church, party, or individual teacher hesitates between two policies—one of striving for righteousness, and the other of secular expediency—and decides to adopt the one that promises the most immediate and most profitable results.