Study it in the app“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in dealing with their own generation.”
Andκαὶthe masterὁ κύριοςpraisedἐπῄνεσενthe unrighteousτῆς ἀδικίαςmanagerτὸν οἰκονόμονbecauseὅτιhe had actedἐποίησενshrewdly;φρονίμωςforὅτιthe sonsοἱ υἱοὶof thisτοῦ τούτουageαἰῶνοςareεἰσινmore shrewdφρονιμώτεροιthanὑπὲρthe sonsτοὺς υἱοὺςof lightτοῦ φωτὸςin dealing withεἰςtheir ownτὴν ἑαυτῶνgeneration.τὴν γενεὰν
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyrios” appearspraise, commend
Praise, commend.
Where else “epēinesen” appearsunrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
Where else “adikias” appearsmanager
One who oversees another's goods.
Where else “oikonomon” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsen” appearsshrewdly
Shrewdly, wisely, sensibly.
Where else “phronimōs” appearsone belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huioi” appearsage
This present world, or the one to come.
Where else “aiōnos” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appearswise, sensible
Sensible, prudent, practically wise; "wise in your own eyes", self-satisfied.
Where else “phronimōteroi” appearsGod's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōtos” appearsgeneration
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “genean” appears7Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He says to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 · This verse (above)
9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they may welcome you into the eternal dwellings.
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?
