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Calling each one of his lord`s debtors to him, he said to the first, `How much do you owe to my lord?`
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The Debtors in the Story
Commentators explain that in the literal story, the debtors were likely tenants paying rent with goods like oil and wheat, or people who had bought supplies from the master's estate on credit. The steward, having authority over these accounts, summons them one by one to address their debts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Called every one. As he was steward, he had the management of all the affairs, and, of course, debts were to be paid to him.
De…
19th Century
Anglican
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors.—The debtors might be either men who had bought their wheat and their oil at…
(5–8a) As already noted, the bills may have been written in terms of commodities rather than cash, perhaps in order to hide the actual amount of in…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So he called every one of his Lord's debtors Either the Gentiles, who were greatly indebted to God, having sinned ag…
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…
