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Luke 16:1-13

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bullet Reading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bullet Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bullet II.XXXIV.3, IV.XXX.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet III.4, VII.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet "Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?" (sermon on Mark 10:17-31), Clement of Alexandria (c. 200)
bullet Chapter VII, On Patience, Tertullian (c. 202)
bullet II.3, To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206)
bullet IV.33, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
bullet Chapter XII, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
bullet Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 13) Tertullian (c. 212)
bullet Concerning Works and Almsgiving -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
bullet Epistle LXXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes (1599).
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"Seeing that men often purchase friendship for themselves at the expense of others, we are to be ashamed if we do not please the Lord or procure the good will of our neighbours with the goods which the Lord has bestowed on us freely and liberally, making sure that by this means riches, which are often occasions of sin, are used for another end and purpose."

bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
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"Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour."

bulletFrom Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
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"How should God intrust you with spiritual and eternal, which alone are true riches?"

bulletThe Use of Money (Luke 16:9). Sermon by John Wesley (1703-1791).
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
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"The three parables of the last chapter, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son, are a rebuke to the self-righteousness of the Pharisees: the two of this chapter are directed against their covetousness."

bullet Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet "First Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 17, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
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"While it is naïve to read into Jesus’ teaching our perceptions of the complexities of economic exploitation - we can let Jesus stay in the first century uncolonised by our insights - nevertheless the proclamation of the kingdom was meant to be good news for these poor and bring them blessing. How can you assert these things as God’s priorities and not address what is going on?"

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Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Proper 20C, 2007. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
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"What's in my heart and yours matters, to be sure. It matters to God."

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Blogging toward Sunday, Jo Bailey Wells, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century.
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"The dishonest manager realizes that generosity is the best investment. He gets himself out of a hole by building social capital."

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"God's Business Sense," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching.
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"The prodigal and the manager are both squandering their resources. Jesus is doing the opposite. He is gathering up lost human resources. That gathering is his reason for coming, his reason for being."

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"Exegetical Considerations," Pentecost 16, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Using Greek for Sunday Text Preparations.
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"How does dechomai function as a hospitality term in vv. 4,6,7,9 as it (and its cognates) do in 9:5,48; 10:8,10,38; 15:3; 19:6?"

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Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
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"Could it be that the steward was such a people-pleasure that he didn't collect what was due the owner?"

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Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Proper 20C, 2004. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
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"It boils down to the same thing: deluded or sane, selfish and/or unselfish, there is no bad reason to forgive."

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"Wealth: Hazmat or Good Gift?" study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.

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Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.

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"A Different Kind of Friendship," Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
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"When we learn that we can also "calculate" as we live our lives, that we can "leverage" our "contacts" and financial shrewdness, and that this is commended by Jesus, we have a great way of complementing the earlier lessons we learned from the Gospel of Luke."

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"Shrewd Investment," Jennifer E. Copeland, The Christian Century, 2004.
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"The manager in Jesus’ story used all his resources to secure his future. We must be no less resourceful."

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"Profit and Loss," Christine Pohl, The Christian Century, 2001.
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"Jesus does not commend the manager’s practices, but rather his insight into the connection between resources and relationships."

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Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 25, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.

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Exegesis, Proper 20C, by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.

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"Squandered Moments," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
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"The more you forgive; the wiser you are."

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"God and Mammon," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.

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"Accountability," Frederick J. Streets, The Christian Century, 1993.
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"What is the secret to the power of the Christian faith - particularly for those who have been poor in things and have occupied the lowest position of status and power, but yet have devoted themselves to God, helped others when their resources were limited, and remained faithful and committed to the end of their days?"

bullet"Straightening Out the Crooked Steward," analysis and reflections by Mike Hoy, in Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet"Do we make full use of what we have been given "on loan" by the Creator/Manager?"
bullet"Does Christ Commend a Crook --or-- 'The Sting'," a study from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet Articles & Background:
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"Materialism," wikipedia.

bullet "Hazmats or Good Gifts?" Dorothy Jean Weaver, (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
bullet"Jesus' striking parables on wealth in the Gospel of Luke paint a vivid portrait of the two-sided impact of money and possessions on our lives."
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"Honor Restored: New Light on the Parable of the Prudent Steward (Luke 16:1-8a)," David Landry, University of St Thomas and Ben May, University of Minnesota-Duluth Medical School.

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"Of What Charges?" John G. Lygre, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2002.
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"The probability that the steward is irresponsible or derelict in his duties rather than guilty of immoral or criminal actions significantly affects how other elements of this parable are understood."

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"The Radical Jesus: You Cannot Serve God and Mammon," Douglas E. Oakman, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2004.
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"Based on philological considerations and contextualization of the very earliest Jesus traditions, especially Luke 16:13, this article argues that at the core of the concern of Jesus of Nazareth was a critique of Mammon, carried on under the proclamation of God's ruling power, that may still today leave Christians in an Age of Mammon with an uneasy conscience."

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"The Old Testament in the New: A Jewish Perspective," David Daube, in Appeasement or Resistance and Other Essays on New Testament Judaism. University of California Press, 1987. (Scroll down to "VI - For Their Generation.")

bullet"The Tension between Poverty and Possessions in the Gospel of Luke," John Sheila Galligan, Spirituality Today, Spring 1985.
bullet"No fanatic about renunciation of possessions, Jesus nevertheless warned us that they could hinder our being open to the Kingdom and that we have to use them for others welfare."
bullet Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBeavis, Mary Ann, "Ancient Slavery as an Interpretive Context for the New Testament Servant Parables with Special Reference to the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-8)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1992.
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bulletChristensen, Michael J., "The Shrewdness in Stewardship," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
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bulletCopeland, Jennifer E., "Shrewd Investment," The Christian Century, 2004.
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bulletCurkpatrick, Stephen, "Parable Metonymy and Luke's Kerygmatic Framing," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003.
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bulletdeSilva, David A., "The Parable of the Prudent Steward and Its Lucan Context," Criswell Theological Review, 1993.
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bulletFitzmyer, Joseph A., S.J., "The Story of the Dishonest Manager," Theological Studies, 1964.
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bulletFletcher, Donald R., "the Riddle of the Unjust Steward: Is Irony the Key?" Journal of Biblical Literature, 1963.
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bulletGächter, Paul, "The Parable of the Dishonest Steward after Oriental Conceptions," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1950.
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bulletHauerwas, Stanley M., "Living on Dishonest Wealth," Journal for Preachers, 1996.
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bulletHiers, Richard H., "Friends by Unrighteous Mammon: The Eschatological Proletariat (Luke 16:9)," Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1970.
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bulletLamborn, Amy Bentley, "Stewarding Unrighteousness," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
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bulletLandry, David, and Ben May, "Honor Restored: New Light on the Parable of the Prudent Steward (Luke 16:1-8a)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000.
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bulletLong, Thomas G., "Making Friends," Journal for Preachers, 2007. Sermon.
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bulletMathewson, Dave L., "The Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-13): A Reexamination of the Traditional View in Light of Recent Challenges," Journal of the Evangelical Theology Society, 1995.
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bulletNewman, Elizabeth, "Flannery O'Connor and the Practice of Hospitality," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2005.
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bulletPohl, Christine, "Profit and Loss," The Christian Century, 2001.
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bulletSellew, Philip, "Interior Monologue as a Narrative Device in the Parables of Luke," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1992.
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bulletStreets, Frederick J., "Accountability," The Christian Century, 1993.
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bulletTopel, L. John, S.J., "The Injustice of the Unjust Steward," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1975.
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bulletUkpong, Justin S., "The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-13): An Essay in Inculturation Biblical Hermeneutic," Semeia, 1996.
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bulletWells, Samuel, "It's the Economy, Stupid," Journal for Preachers, 2007. Sermon.
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bulletWilliams, Francis E., "Is Almsgiving the Point of the 'Unjust Steward'?" Journal of Biblical Literature, 1964.
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bullet Reviews:
bullet Review: C-S Abraham Cheong, A Diologic Reading of The Steward Parable (Luke 16:1-9). Lang, 2001. Review by Sean P Kealy in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bullet Sermons:
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"Jesus: Challenge to the Comfortable," Fr. Patrick Brennan, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1998.

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"Money and Wise Investments for the Future," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.

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"Oikonomiks," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.

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"Caught on Tape," John Jewell, 1998.

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"The Future and What to Do About It," Dean William Willimon, Duke University Chapel Sermon Archive, 1998.

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Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily.
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Ordinary 25, 2007

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Ordinary 25, 2001 (Dr Mary Durkin)

bullet With Children:
bullet "Shrewd Manager - Being Popular," "Teddy Bear's Picnic," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
bulletA helpful Children's Sermon Idea for Luke 16:1-13, from Sarah Dylan Breuer at Dylan's Lectionary Blog.
bullet "Ernie's Caught in the Middle," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
bullet Drama:
bullet "The Smooth Operator," Peter Minson, dramatix.
bullet "The Shrewd Manager," Trevor Fletcher, dramatix.
bullet Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Luke 16:6, Luke 16:13, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bulletClip Art Images: Luke 16:1-13, Luke 16:1-13 #2, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Luke 16:1-13 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bullet Hymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bulletHymnSite.com Hymn Selections.
bullet Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bullet Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bullet Find Worship Resources & Suggested Other Readings for use with this text:
bullet Proper 20C/Ordinary 25C
bullet Study Links and Resources for the Book of Luke