The Parable of the Unjust Steward as a Warning About the Unfaithful Who Would Corrupt the Message.

The Parable of the Unjust Steward as a Warning About the Unfaithful Who Would Corrupt the Message. █

In the parable of the unjust steward, an administrator is caught mismanaging his master’s goods, and the master tells him: “You can no longer be steward.” Then the man thinks about his future and decides to alter the debts of the debtors in order to gain their favor and secure a place to live (Luke 16:1–8).

But… what if the parable concealed a deeper message? Jesus constantly spoke against the unfaithful and the corrupt.

Then an unsettling question arises: did Jesus know that, afterward, unfaithful men would alter the original message, just as the steward altered his master’s accounts?

What if the Roman councils were the reflection of that parable? What if part of what was later presented as truth about Jesus was, in reality, a modified version of his original teaching?

Because something never completely fit together.

On one hand: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice” (Matthew 5:6).

On the other hand: “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” (Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21).

And also: “Do not resist the evil person” and “love your enemies” (Matthew 5:39–44).

Furthermore: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law… but to fulfill it” (Matthew 5:17–18).

Can you imagine that a message saying this could be coherent?: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice… as long as they forget about an eye for an eye and love the enemy of justice.”

Did Jesus warn, through the parable of the unjust steward, that persecuting Rome would alter his message after finding itself condemned by it?