Luke - 16:5



5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 16:5.

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So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Therefore calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
So he called every one of his lord's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord?
"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'
And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
And so, calling together each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my lord?'
One by one he called up his master's debtors. 'How much do you owe my master?' he asked of the first.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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: or else the Jews, their countrymen; since these were under those stewards, tutors, and governors, and were debtors to do the whole law; and had, by breaking the law, contracted large debts; and against whom the ceremonial law stood as an handwriting: these the steward called
unto him, and said unto the first, how much owest thou unto my Lord? and it is observable, that the debts of these men, of the first, lay in oil, and of the other in wheat; things much used in the ceremonial law, in the observance of which they had been, greatly deficient; see

fifty . . . fourscore--deducting a half from the debt of the one, and a fifth from that of the other.

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