Luke 16
This chapter is a part of continuation of the previous
conversation with the Pharisees. Here Jesus shifts his attention to the
disciples. He teaches them an important lesson – one cannot serve God and money
(Lk. 16:13).
That’s where Pharisees interfere – making snarky remarks
about money… Jesus’ responds with somewhat an ambiguous statement on self-justification.
It gets clearer as He talks about the Law and the Prophets – two main parts of
the Hebrew Scriptures of Jesus’ time. Sometimes people contrast the books of
the Old Testament with the books of the New Testament. I don’t think that this
reading is correct. What Jesus leads people to understand is the texts of the
Law and the Prophets are going to be followed up with the Gospel – the Good
News, which is first preached then it was recorded by the four Gospel-writers.
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