Luke 16
The Parable of the Unjust Steward Luke 16:1-12
PRINCIPLE: If we wisely prepare for our eternal future and righteously use earthly riches, we can be blessed with eternal riches.
Elder James E. Talmage explained what this parable means.
PRINCIPLE: If we wisely prepare for our eternal future and righteously use earthly riches, we can be blessed with eternal riches.
Elder James E. Talmage explained what this parable means.
“Our Lord’s purpose was to show the contrast between the care, thoughtfulness, and devotion of men engaged in the money-making affairs of earth, and the half hearted ways of many who are professedly striving after spiritual riches. …
“… Take a lesson from even the dishonest and the evil; if they are so prudent as to provide for the only future they think of, how much more should you, who believe in an eternal future, provide therefor! … Emulate the unjust steward and the lovers of mammon, not in their dishonesty, cupidity [selfish greed], and miserly hoarding of the wealth that is at best but transitory [temporary], but in their zeal, forethought, and provision for the future” (Jesus the Christ, 3rd ed. [1916], 463, 464).