Reflection
What is mammon or unrighteous money?
It is Mamona in Greek, from Aram mammon, signifying riches, wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship.It is wealth of unrighteousness; money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord.
Luke 16:1-9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Unjust Steward (Manager)
16 Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager [of his estate], and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that this man was squandering his[master’s] possessions.
2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’
3 The manager [of the estate] said to himself, ‘What will I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig [for a living], and I am ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, people [who are my master’s debtors] will welcome me into their homes.’
5 So he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 He said, ‘A hundred measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].
9 And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.
Proverbs 10:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The blessing of the Lord brings [true] riches, And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].
Proverbs 10:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The blessing of the Lord brings [true] riches, And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].
NOTE: It is possible that the manager was releasing the debtors from unlawful interest he was charging them.
- 君子爱财,取之有道
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