Evening: Psalms 91, 92; Luke 16:1-9
The ‘dishonest manager’ curries favour with his master’s customers by discounting their bills for oil and wheat. Why? It was common practice to charge interest on credit purchases, but to do it ‘in kind’ – in this case extra oil or wheat – thereby hiding the interest … It was illegal under Jewish law to charge interest. The manager was probably deducting just the interest – his master could say nothing publicly or else he would be discovered to be charging interest. Is Jesus encouraging dishonesty in business? No, but he may be encouraging us to get creative in challenging situations?
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