Lucas 16:5

5 »Entonces invitó a todo el que le debía dinero a su patrón para conversar sobre la situación. Le preguntó al primero: “¿Cuánto debes a mi patrón?”.

Lucas 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 )

Lucas 16:5 In-Context

3 »El administrador pensó: “¿Y ahora qué haré? Mi jefe me ha despedido. No tengo fuerzas para cavar zanjas y soy demasiado orgulloso para mendigar.

4 Ah, ya sé cómo asegurarme de que tendré muchos amigos que me recibirán en sus casas cuando mi patrón me despida”.

5 »Entonces invitó a todo el que le debía dinero a su patrón para conversar sobre la situación. Le preguntó al primero: “¿Cuánto debes a mi patrón?”.

6 El hombre contestó: “Le debo tres mil litros de aceite de oliva”. Entonces el administrador le dijo: “Toma la factura y cámbiala a mil quinientos litros”.

7 »Le preguntó al siguiente: “¿Cuánto le debes tú?”. “Le debo mil medidas de trigo”, respondió. “Toma la factura y cámbiala a ochocientas medidas”, le dijo.