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Proper 20 C
Unless Jesus returns before September 18, 2016
18th Sunday After Pentecost; 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Faithful Stewardship: Large or Small

"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.- Luke 16:10
 

 

 

 

Reading

Common

Catholic

Episcopal

First

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Amos 8:4-7

Amos 8:4-7(8-12)

Second

1 Timothy 2:1-7

First Timothy 2:1-8

1 Timothy 2:1-8

Psalm

79:1-9

113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8

Luke 16:1-13

Gospel

Luke 16:1-13

Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13

138

 

 

Quotes & Notes on:     Luke 16:10   

  • John Wesley,  Notes On the New Testament (1755):
    And whether ye have more or less, see that ye be faithful as well as wise stewards. He that is faithful in what is meanest of all, worldly substance, is also faithful in things of a higher nature; and he that uses these lowest gifts unfaithfully, is likewise unfaithful in spiritual things.

  • Reginald Fuller's Preaching the Lectionary (1984): 
    To be posted.
     
  • William Baird, Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:
     To be posted.
     

  • J. McNicol, The New Bible Commentary, 1954:

     To be posted.
     

  • I.H. Marshall, The New Bible Commentary, 1970:

     To be posted.
     

  • David Guzik, Study Guide:
    To be posted.
     

  • Chuck Smith, Study Guide:
    To be posted.
     

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church:
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  • J. Norval Geldenhuys, Bible Expositor, 1960:

    To be posted.
     

  • Abingdon Bible Commentary (1929):

    To be posted.
     

  • D.D. Whedon, Commentary on Luke, 1866:

    To be posted.
     

  • Joseph Parker, People's Bible, 1901:

    To be posted.
     

  • Anchor Bible:

    Three points are made:  The contrast of faithfulness in little things of life and in big things... a contrast of handling ordinary possessions and really valuable goods;  and a contrast of responsibility in handling what belongs to another and what may become one's own.  The three contrasts thus sum up the role of fidelity in Christian life.
    - Fitzmyer, Joseph A., Trans., Anchor Bible, Vol. Luke X-XXIV, p.1107
     

  • The Fourfold Gospel:

     God does not judge by the magnitude of an act, but by the spiritual principles and motives which lie back of the act. A small action may discover and lay bare these principles quite as well as a large one. In the administration of small properties entrusted to us on the earth we reveal our disposition and temper as stewards quite as well as if we owned half the universe.

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:

    * faithful in. Lu 16:11; 19:17; Mt 25:21; Heb 3:2
    * he that is unjust. Joh 12:6; 13:2,27
     

  • Robertson's Word Pictures:
     Faithful in a very little (pistos en elachistôi). Elative superlative. One of the profoundest sayings of Christ. We see it in business life. The man who can be trusted in a very small thing will be promoted to large responsibilities. That is the way men climb to the top. Men who embezzle in large sums began with small sums. Verses Lu 16:10-13 here explain the point of the preceding parables.
     

  • William Burkitt's Notes:

    Our blessed Saviour having declared to his followers, in the foregoing verses, the great advantage they shall reap by a charitable distribution of temporal good things, he acquaints them in these verses with the great detriment and disadvantage that will redound to them if they do otherwise.

    1. If they be not faithful in rightly employing temporal riches, they must not expect that God will entrust them with spiritual and heavenly, which are the true riches. God will deal with his servants, as we deal with ours, never trust them with much, whom we find unfaithful in a little.

    2. If they be not faithful in the improvement of these outward things, which God entrusts them with but for a time, and must shortly leave them to others; how can they expect, that God should give them those spiritual good things, which shall never be taken away from them to whom they are given.

    Where note, 1. That the riches we have are called not our own, but another man's' If we have not been faithful in that which is another man's. Because God has not made us proprietors, but dispensers; not owners, but stewards of these things; we have them for others, and must leave them to others; we are only trustees for the poor; if much be put into our hands, it is to dispense to others according to our Master's orders; let us be faithful then in that which is another man's; that is, with what God puts into our hand for the benefit of others.

    Note, 2. That though our gifts are not our own; yet grace or spiritual goods are our own: others may have all the benefit of our gifts, but we shall have the benefit and comfort of our own grace; this treasure we cannot leave to others, and it shall never be taken away from ourselves.

    Note, 3. That God is just, and will be eternally justified in denying his special grace to those, who do not make use of his common gifts. Would men be faitful in improving a little, God would entrust them with more; did they not abuse the trust of his common gifts, he would not deny them the treasure of his saving grace, called here, The true riches.
     

  • Family Bible Notes:

     Faithful; as God's steward. In that which is least; our Saviour teaches that it is not the quantity committed to us that God will regard, but our fidelity in using it; and that our disposition is as thoroughly tried by a small as by a large amount of property or influence.
     

  • 1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
    We ought to take heed that we do not abuse our earthly work and duty and so be deprived of heavenly gifts: for how can they properly use spiritual gifts who abuse worldly things?
     

  • People's New Testament Commentary:

    No comment on this verse.
     

  • Albert Barnes' Commentary:

     He that is faithful, &c. This is a maxim which will almost universally hold true. A man that shows fidelity in small matters will also in large; and he that will cheat and defraud in little things will also in those involving more trust and responsibility. Fidelity is required in small matters as well as in those of more importance.
     

  • Jamieson-Faussett Brown:

      He, &c.--a maxim of great pregnancy and value; rising from the prudence which the steward had to the fidelity which he had not, the "harmlessness of the dove, to which the serpent" with all his "wisdom" is a total stranger. Fidelity depends not on the amount entrusted, but on the sense of responsibility. He that feels this in little will feel it in much, and conversely.
     

  • Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:

     A man who does not use money well will not employ higher gifts discreetly. To use wealth to promote the good of others is wisdom, and he who fails in this, does not know how to use the true riches, and will not be trusted therewith. It needs much grace to use money well, and those who make it their care to do so, are among the best of Christians.
     

  • Adam Clarke's Commentary:

    He that is faithful in that which is least, &c.] He who has the genuine principles of fidelity in him will make a point of conscience of carefully attending to even the smallest things; and it is by habituating himself to act uprightly in little things that he acquires the gracious habit of acting with propriety fidelity, honour, and conscience, in matters of the greatest concern. On the contrary, he who does not act uprightly in small matters will seldom feel himself bound to pay much attention to the dictates of honour and conscience, in cases of high importance. Can we reasonably expect that a man who is continually falling by little things has power to resist temptations to great evils?
     

  • Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:

    No comment on this verse.

     

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    More Quotes
    • And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
      - Jesus, Luke 19:17
    • His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
      - Jesus, Matthew 25:21
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    • Sing Praise Unto the Name of God   - a version of Psalm 113
    • Praise the Lord (continuing - Paise, you servants of the Lord)   - a version of Psalm 113
    • There is a Balm in Gilead   - relates to Jeremiah 8 
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    Luke  16:1-13

    1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 
    2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 
    3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 
    4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 
    5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 
    6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 
    7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 
    8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 
    9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 
    10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 
    11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 
    12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 
    13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 

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