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Scripture Analysis

Luke 16:7

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Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

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Contradictions (1)

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  • Who are wiser, the children of this world or the children of light?

    Luke 16:8 has Jesus declare, in the parable of the unjust steward, that "the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." James 3:15-17 contrasts earthly, sensual, devilish wisdom with the wisdom from above, valorizing the wisdom of those aligned with God.

    Critical scholarship: Usually considered reconciled.

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