Pentecost Season · Year C
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 24, 2028
Overview & Insights
"No servant can serve two masters... You cannot serve God and mammon." (Luke 16:13)
A manager facing dismissal shrewdly reduces his master's debtors' bills to secure his own future, and Jesus turns the parable into teaching about faithfulness with money and the impossibility of serving two masters.
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Commentary
Luke 16 Commentary: Money and Righteousness Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse treatment of the parable and its hard sayings on wealth.
Commentary on Luke 16:1-13 Working Preacher
Lutheran scholarly reading of the dishonest manager parable.
Luke 16 Commentary Precept Austin
Extensive compiled evangelical commentary excerpts on the chapter.
Luke 16:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentary entries verse by verse.
Squandering Love, Proper 20 (C) - 2025 Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church
A full sermon on the rich man and manager in this parable.
Background & Word Study
Luke 16:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek text with parsing for the opening verse of the parable.
Luke 10-24 Overview BibleProject
Video overview covering the Gospel's second half, including this parable.
Luke 16:1-13 - The Dishonest Manager Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary passage study on the parable's puzzling commendation.
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