And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ's doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the...
Commenting on Luke 16:1-18
So he called every one of his Lord's debtors,.... Either the Gentiles, who were greatly indebted to God, having sinned against him, and the law, and light of nature, at a great rate; into whose affections, houses, and palaces, the Jews found ways and means to introduce themselves; and, in process of time, got leave to have synagogues built, and their worship set up again...
Verse 5. 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. Debtors. Those who owed his master, or perhaps tenants; those who rented land of his master.