Luke 16:5

Study note

Setting — The manager summons his master’s debtors individually, beginning with the first, immediately after announcing his plan to secure future hospitality. He initiates the process by demanding each debtor state the precise amount owed to his master.

The words — The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) literally means “having called to [him],” denoting a deliberate summons. χρεοφειλετῶν (chreopheiletōn) translates directly to “debtors,” identifying the specific parties being addressed.

The thread — The confrontation between a creditor and his borrowers appears in Luke 7:41 and Matthew 18:24, where specific sums are brought before a master. These passages establish a recurring biblical sequence of financial accounting preceding any settlement.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the manager’s methodical extraction of obligations before any concession is made. It demands attention to how explicit reckoning of debt functions as the necessary first step in any proposed resolution.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.