Luca 16:5

5 Chiamati adunque ad uno ad uno i debitori del suo signore, disse al primo:

Luca 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 16:5

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 ( Exodus 29:40 Exodus 29:41 ) ( Numbers 15:4-12 ) ( Ezekiel 45:13 Ezekiel 45:14 )

Luca 16:5 In-Context

3 E il fattore disse fra sè medesimo: Che farò? poichè il mio signore mi toglie il governo; io non posso zappare, e di mendicar mi vergogno.

4 Io so ciò che io farò, acciocchè, quando io sarò rimosso dal governo, altri mi riceva in casa sua.

5 Chiamati adunque ad uno ad uno i debitori del suo signore, disse al primo:

6 Quanto devi al mio signore? Ed egli disse: Cento bati d’olio. Ed egli gli disse: Prendi la tua scritta, e siedi, e scrivine prestamente cinquanta.

7 Poi disse ad un altro: E tu, quanto devi? Ed egli disse: Cento cori di grano. Ed egli gli disse: Prendi la tua scritta, e scrivine ottanta.