1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. …
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. …
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ’s doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who…
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