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Ordinary Time · Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Luke 16:1-13 or Luke 16:10-13

The Dishonest Manager

September 24, 2028

Parable of the Unjust Steward, Marinus van Reymerswaele
Parable of the Unjust Steward, Marinus van Reymerswaele, c. 1540Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Reymerswaele painted tax collectors and money changers obsessively, always with the same hard light on ledgers, coins and long clerical fingers.Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. You cannot serve God and wealth.Kunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaThe Habsburg collection, assembled over four centuries and housed in a purpose-built palace on the Ringstrasse since 1891.Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 16:1-13Lk 16:1-13 orLuke 16:10-13Lk 16:10-13
Second Reading1 Tim. 2:1-81 Tm 2:1-8
First ReadingAmos 8:4-7Am 8:4-7
Responsorial PsalmPs. 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 (cf. 1a, 7b)Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 (cf. 1a, 7b)

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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Take it further: Luke 16:1-13 or Luke 16:10-13

Commentary

Luke 16 Commentary: Money and RighteousnessLk 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 16:1-13Commentary on Lk 16:1-13 Working Preacher

Lutheran scholarly reading of the dishonest manager parable.

Luke 16 CommentaryLk 16 Commentary Precept Austin

Extensive compiled evangelical commentary excerpts on the chapter.

Luke 16:1 CommentariesLk 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 InterlinearLk 16:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text with parsing for the opening verse of the parable.

Luke 10-24 OverviewLk 10-24 Overview BibleProject

Video overview covering the Gospel's second half, including this parable.

Luke 16:1-13 - The Dishonest ManagerLk 16:1-13 - The Dishonest Manager Enter the Bible

Luther Seminary passage study on the parable's puzzling commendation.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Luke 16Catena on Lk 16 Catena

Patristic comments compiled verse by verse on the chapter.

Sermons & Reflections

Lovers of Money Journey with Jesus

Essay on the parable's puzzling praise of the shrewd manager.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 20 The Lectionary Page

Full set of readings with the day's collect for use in worship.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave Archives Working Preacher

Weekly preaching-team podcast discussing the coming Sunday's texts.

Art & Music

Year C, Proper 20 Texts and Art Vanderbilt

Curated art connected to the day's readings.

Study Hub

Luke 16:1-13 Study ResourcesLk 16:1-13 Study Resources Textweek

A broad index of further commentary and sermon links on the parable.

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