He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.” (Lk 16:1-8)
The Parable of the Dishonest Steward must have left the disciples and the church scratching their heads! Perhaps if the parable has something to do with the Kingdom of God then we better learn how to deal with the world prudently, freely forgiving debts. Of course, we church people have never quite gotten the hang of this forgiveness thing.
